Till now, LIV Golf has completed two successful seasons. With the third season in its wake, the Saudi Tour is brainstorming over unique ideas to make the game more interesting for the players and the fans.
One of the most lucrative perks of this relatively newly formed league is its unique format of team competitions, which provides much ease to its players. However, as per one of its captains’ statements, it looks like the tour is about to make some big changes.
Range Goats GC captain spills the secrets about LIV’s new potential formats.
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Bubba Watson is aware that the newly formed league must be constantly evolving to maintain its footing in the market, one step ahead of its competitors. Otherwise, they will be left behind. While its main focus remains on generating revenue, they are willing to upgrade its format to maintain continuity.
The RangeGoats skipper appeared on the Foreplay Podcast, where he gave a preview of how the league could potentially change its game format by breaking away from regular team championships and adding new ideas in the upcoming season. When the host asked him about the vision of separating the individual competition from the team competition, Watson gave an informative reply.
After discussing the current money distribution, he explained, “The long-term vision is going all-team, and then you can do some fun events like that, where it’s two on two, it’s maybe an alternate shot, and maybe scrambled whatever, right? because it’s open air. I mean, the league was started from scratch; we can do what we want.”
Apart from discussing the probable changes in the Saudi League format, Watson also shed light on some other crucial issues. The LIV golfer talked about the kind of role that skippers play in team selection. He shared that they have a credible say in the team selection. The former PGAT pro also talked about the lesser-known money scenario of LIV Golf and being in debt because of managing a team.
Circling back to the probable changes in LIV Golf’s format, the 2X Masters winner shed some light on why it would not be a big task for the backway league to alter its format.
Bubba Watson shares why LIV Golf could easily change its format
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Shedding more light on this new format, the 45-year-old revealed why doing so will be no trouble for LIV. He touched upon the fact that the former rival league has a small field, and having a limited number of players makes the process easier. “That’s the beauty of having 48 players right now,” said Watson.
Reiterating his point, the RangeGoats captain further said, “The most we could ever have, I think we’ve seen on the board, is like 60. So most will have a 60. So we can do whatever we want.” Well, it looks like LIV has a bag full of surprises for the upcoming season. With its inclusion of high-profile players such as Jon Rahm, it must do something to keep things interesting.
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These bold statements by Watson reveal that LIV is ready to try its hand in different fields. Let us see how soon it implements them.
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