Last July Donald Trump wrote: “All of those golfers that remain ‘loyal’ to the very disloyal PGA… will pay a big price when the inevitable merger with LIV comes. If you don’t take the money now, you will get nothing after the merger takes place, and only say how smart the original signees were.”
Trump’s warning was also a prophecy. The PGA and DP World Tour announced a merger with the Saudi-funded LIV Golf this week. Many professional golfers have reportedly expressed anger at the union. Those who turned down the hundreds of millions offered to them to take part in LIV Golf tournaments before the deal are now working for them anyway. An important lesson: grandstanding doesn’t pay the bills.
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