1225: The Oral History of LIV Golf Part 1: Origins - 2021

We’ve combed through the archives and compiled pages upon pages of notes to tell the story of LIV golf over the next few weeks. In today’s opening episode, we start with the beginnings of what would eventually become the PIF-funded LIV golf tour through the preparations for the league’s first tournament. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & Early Saudi Sportswashing 20:00 - Original PGL Team Golf Idea 30:00 - Phil plays first Saudi event 50:00 - our initial thoughts on PGL concept 57:30 - Initial PGL offers to players, Euro Tour partners with PGA Tour 1:01:30 - Jan ‘21 - PGA Championship pulled from Trump Bedminster 1:05:45 - PGA Tour unveils the PIP 1:11:00 - Summer ‘21 - LIV begins to emerge 1:28:00 - Norman announced as LIV Golf League CEO Support our Sponsors: Footjoy Rhoback Whoop If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Nest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠nolayingup.com/join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Newsletter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the No Laying Up Podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@NoLayingUpPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices