The premise is wrong. The 3M Open isn't lessened because "big names'' aren't playing in Blaine this week because of the LIV Golf Tour. The 3M should be glad to be rid of them.
The very notion that modern golfers not named after a predatory cat are drawing cards is suspicious to begin with. The game is the thing. The game, the course and whatever drama emerges.
How many individual golfers in the history of the game have truly been individual draws?
