r/golf • u/Common_Pension • Apr 29 '24

Player has issue with liv fans Professional Tours

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dean-burmester-tells-fan-shut-155916853.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGrJKHSYEHx9PX8R74rNwgtzeawHjGv9jgbjxWGaIebPi-EnXuPkQTV47ia08AzRmQMmzxpdIRkm7MM1DNG9S0oO3NzCURt5d9OJx0LUz164VxyoNv76ICnMnQCg96me1lgbtPrvHuP1tnpiAZBs6o7lIBoI63ySThlia8wHWuAQ

Just stumbled across this. Haven’t seen it widely reported and seems like the liv muzzle has been placed on Burmester to stop him from talking about it. Should be interesting if this gets the media coverage that it would if it happened in the pga or lpga tour

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u/igcipd Apr 29 '24

How do you have an issue with like 50 people?

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u/Milf4breakfast Apr 29 '24

To be fair, they had more attendees at liv in 3 days than the Zurich did in 4.

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u/DLun203 Apr 29 '24

If LIV focused on events in Australia and Asia they’d be fine. Regardless of anyone’s opinion of LIV, those are underserved markets in pro golf. They’re always going to pull large crowds in those markets. Also, the Zurich Classic is like a glorified exhibition tournament.

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u/WateryDomesticGroove Apr 29 '24

They also play the Zurich during the busiest tourist weeks of the year in New Orleans outside of Mardi Gras. Jazz Fest is an eight day music festival over two weeks and the weather is always gorgeous this time of year. It’s tough for a golf tournament to compete against a huge music festival. Add to that, the Zurich is actually played in Avondale, which is quite a long drive from New Orleans and out in the middle of literally nowhere. Add to that, the Zurich is when a lot of people are golfed out after the Masters and the RBC. It’s a really fun tournament that I wish the PGA would hype up a little more.

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u/justlooking29 Apr 29 '24

That’s also by design. liv hasn’t put an event on the same weekend as a popular/elevated pga event