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Nobody can quite believe these Ryder Cup comments during the LIV Golf coverage

Are they actually serious?!

A couple of weeks ago Talor Gooch came under fire for his absurd comment comparing the atmosphere of a Ryder Cup between Europe and United States to that of the LIV Golf Invitational Portland.

He soon went back on his word, admitting “I was in the moment, I might have gotten a little aggressive with those comments.”

Fair play, it was said in the heat of the moment and at least Gooch had the decency to hold his hands up and admit he was wrong earlier this month.




But here we are in the very next LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster at the end of July, and the same comparison is being drawn.

This time by the LIV Golf commentary team comprising Arlo White, Jerry Foltz and David Feherty.

In the second round of the LIV Golf Invitational Bedminster, a tweet was sent in to the studio by a golf fan that read:

“With the 4Aces and The Majesticks fighting for the team lead at LIV Golf at the moment, it does have a Team USA vs Europe Ryder Cup-type feel.”

For reference, 4Aces is an all-American team featuring Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez and Gooch, while The Majesticks comprises an all-European quartet of Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sam Horsfield and Henrik Stenson.

Lead commentator Arlo White could have shut such a tweet down, but given he is being paid a fortune to big up LIV Golf in the comms box, he went along with it. And so did his co-commentator Jerry Foltz, formerly a long-time commentator for Golf Channel.




“You’re right, it does have a USA against Europe Ryder Cup feel to it at the moment, it could all change,” said White.

Foltz then agreed: “The players will tell you the same thing. We get ridiculed for saying such a thing, but the players will tell you it’s got that atmosphere, it’s got that feel. It’s something special out here. It’s just that simple.”

The players will tell you?! Two weeks ago, Gooch was even getting ridiculed by fellow LIV Golf players for his comments about comparing it to the Ryder Cup so we are fairly certain the players will not tell you, Jerry.

David Feherty, who made his LIV Golf debut in the comms box this week after leaving NBC, then got involved with the comment after no doubt thinking: “Really, lads?” as he said: “Yeah, and it’s early days.”

Earlier in the week, Feherty spoke about his admiration of LIV Golf’s decision to use a shotgun start in each of their tournaments.




“I’ve been watching and I’ve got to tell you that I was sceptical at first about the shotgun start, I thought ‘ah how can you have a professional event with a shotgun start’, but what it’s done is that it’s put these players together in situations that they’re not used to, they’re all together in the locker room, they’re all together on the range, they’re all together on the golf course and they finish at the same time,” said Feherty.

“There’s an atmosphere here unlike any other golf tournament I’ve been at, it’s sort of a brotherhood out here, the families are all together out here, I’ve never seen so many wives and children out, it’s a party and a golf tournament broke out and I’m delighted to be here.”

What do you make of all these comments from those at LIV Golf comparing their tournaments to that of a Ryder Cup atmosphere? Share your thoughts and comments below…

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Article originally appeared on: Golfmagic.com

4 thoughts on “Nobody can quite believe these Ryder Cup comments during the LIV Golf coverage

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    PGATOUR and DP Tour got caught with their stand pat and rely on Tiger money for way too long. A lot of golfers like shotgun starts for same reason: comeraderie and competition together. Giving big money to many 40 yr old stars to play fewer events fell on deaf ears at PGATOUR. Now, TOUR HAS 20 or so new cards to give out to next year’s NCAA top players, or junior tour winners. And How can you not root for a 22 year old unknown at LIV to beat Bubba or DJ or Lee Westwood for a $4 million payoff? Big chunk of the money goes to charities too thanks to Arnold and Jack setting a great example with hospitals. Remember that pro tour was considered low life until Bobby Jones or even until Hogan. Then Nicklaus was dumped on as a newcomer. Gof gets wider and wider now, more young people around the world choose golf over druggie disco world.

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    I saw part of a tournament on you tube and it was really different and fun to watch. It was constant action and not 2 guys looking a book trying to determine what the payer is going to do. It is certainly different with a lot of action. If Fox Sports was smart they would lock them upon multi year contract.

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    Go on, Take the Money and Run. Will they start wearing uniforms to go with the insipid team names?

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      Looks like PGATOUR found some money in the mattress to boost payouts. A kick in the rear woke them from sleepytime???

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