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LIV loves its “Golf but Louder” slogan, but the league was quiet over its four-month offseason despite claims of a bustling transfer window where players could move from team to team between the end of the team championship and start of the first event of the next season. In reality, the only big move was Dustin Johnson dropping Talor Gooch and adding Peter Uihlein – a top-three LIV player – to his team just two days after his 4Aces won the $50 million team title.
When LIV finally revealed its 12 rosters just before the season opener, the biggest names to make the jump were Thomas Pieters, Sebastian Munoz and Mito Pereira. While the question was answered, it wasn’t a great one. All three are solid players, but none move the needle.
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LIV needed its big names to step up in 2023 to cover for the lack of cavalry coming, and a few have done so. Brooks Koepka won LIV Golf Orlando before his run at the Masters and win at the PGA Championship. Last year’s individual champion Dustin Johnson recently picked up a win in Tulsa and Cam Smith is currently fourth in the individual season-long standings.
The interest in LIV last year was largely focused on the off-course drama and not the on-course action. Instead of the results, the conversation was dominated by which players were jumping ship and the war of words between players and commissioners. Golf is now in the spotlight, and the stars need to stay center stage.
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