“It’s money trying to buy the game” – When Jack Nicklaus gave his hot take on the PGA Tour-LIV Golf negotiations
The merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is one of the most followed and spoken about developments in the world of golf. While the two tours agreed to a framework last year, the merger hasn’t taken place yet, and many golf greats have given their take on the matter.
One such great to give his take on the PGA Tour-LIV Golf negotiations was Jack Nicklaus. Last year, during a podcast on the YouTube channel “Sir Nick Faldo,” Nicklaus said the PGA Tour and Liv Golf negotiations were money trying to buy the game. The 84-year-old golfer said:
“It’s money trying to buy the game. It’s trying to buy respectability. And I don’t think that that is really what it’s all about. I think that somebody from Europe basically said that they think they’re trying to buy the ability to sit on the Veranda at Augusta National and have simple mint julep with membership and be accepted. And that’s what they’re trying to do. It’s getting acceptability within the mainframe of the game of golf.” (9:20-9:53)
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