SLICES: Golf Civil War!

Scott Sigler Slices

Empty Set Entertainment

Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When the new golf start-up LIV appeared on the scene in 2022, it really upended the very polished and traditional golf world. A smaller course, teams, and even theme music. This is really a story about what happens when a hundred-year-old institution collides with unlimited money. At least for a while. Scott & A chat about the changes and what’s next. — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Production Assistance by Allie Press — Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment You got your LIV in my PGA! Rory had lots to say about all this. Why didn’t he use our GoDaddy Promo Code code CJCFOSSIG3 to save up to 99% off the 1st year of his own three-year domain registration! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Scott, why is golf fighting itself?
0:02.9	Why are golfers acting like they're in corporate civil war?
0:07.6	Why do fans suddenly feel like a flowchart is needed to understand
0:11.0	where their favorite players even play?
0:13.5	A, I'm going to answer your question.
0:16.6	Because golf accidentally turned into an old-school soap opera.
0:22.6	The billionaires showed up.
0:25.6	Massive money walked into the ring.
0:28.6	And when that happened, players in the most traditional,
0:31.6	prestigious organizations started to leave.
0:34.6	And suddenly, the calmest sport on earth where you're supposed to whisper
0:40.6	got insanely messy. I love this happened in golf specifically. And I love your description of it
0:50.4	because golf is the sport that whispers at you.
1:00.2	It is. It is. Welcome to Scott Sigler's Slices. It looks like he's going to use a sandwich in that rough because he's only 20 yards out and he's also a sci-fi horror and sports fiction
1:06.9	author. Well, it's nice to see you out here, Scott. I am A. B. Siggler, as you know,
1:14.2	audiobook narrator, publisher at Empty Set Entertainment, where me make cool stuff for cool people
1:20.9	just like you. Today, we're talking about the PGA versus LIV war.
1:28.2	For people who do not know golf,
1:31.0	and honestly, maybe don't even like golf.
1:35.0	That is correct A, also a good assertion of the sand trap difficulties
1:39.3	when it's 20 degrees above freezing,
1:42.8	and there has been a slight mist for the past 12 to 17 minutes.
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