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Boom or bust? PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf in flux but is it really thriving?

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Golf is back live on free-to-air television in the UK , the leader of the free world is brokering a united future and top stars are stirring up a giant simulator to "grow the game" At its recreational level the post-covid boom is being sustained.

Donald Trump wants unity, sees nothing wrong with doing deals with Saudi Arabia and has the power to get it sorted.

The game remains split, though, while creating the competitive tension that is benefitting players.

Will this September 's Ryder Cup carry its usual lustre now American players are being paid to represent their country? Will Woods and McIlroy 's TGL simulator show capture the imagination of a new golfing audience? Will we be turned off by the opulence of the gilded golfing life enjoyed by the biggest stars? And will there still be scope for the uniquely heart-warming stories that golf has always generated?.

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61

Informative language

60

Neutral language

20

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

35

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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