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Masters: If the TV numbers are down, it will be a full-blown panic for the sport of golf

AUGUSTA, Ga. — LIV Golf doesn’t really interest me. The 54 holes. The courses. The team aspect. The shotgun-start. Maybe even the players wearing shorts.

Judging by the television ratings, I’m not alone.

The watered down PGA Tour doesn’t really interest me either. Too few stars. Too little drama. The sense of disappointment that what was once great is less so.

Judging by the television ratings, I’m not alone.

This isn't about rooting for one side or the other in golf’s civil war. It isn’t about politics or investment funds or anything other than watching the actual golf just isn’t as entertaining as it once was … or at least seemed.