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Podcast: HBR On Strategy
Episode: Competitive Strategy Lessons from the LIV Golf and PGA Tour Merger
Description: In June 2022, the first ever LIV Golf event teed off outside of London. Offering players larger prizes and more flexibility, LIV Golf aimed to disrupt the sport.
In response, the PGA Tour suspended all players who participated in the LIV Golf event, escalating tensions between the two entities. This conflict culminated in LIV Golf filing an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Then, in a surprising turn of events, the two tours announced their merger in June 2023.
University of Virginia associate professor Alexander MacKay discusses the competitive and regulatory issues at stake and whether or...