you mentioned rickie fowler as well, and there's this growing sense of momentum.join up, more will follow, and that will be very ominous indeed for the established bodies and world golf such as the pga tour. we've seen the likes of dustinjohnson, for example, quit that to her, he's resigned it to avoid being suspended. there's talk of sanctions for those who take part in this tournament and legal action, as well. this could get very ugly indeed, very toxic and divisive. johnson is the top ranked player to sign up, a former two—time major winner, former world number one as well. he's reported to be earning a staggering £120 million to be part of this eight match siri, that's before any prize money he may win which is also at record levels. i had the opportunity to speak to him and ask him why he was taking part in whether it was worth the cost. for me, i played the tour for a for me, i played the tourfor a long time, i love the tour, i'm very thankfulfor time, i love the tour, i'm very thankful for everything that it's done for me and my life. and this is just kind

phil mickelson did not have to go or dustin johnson or rickie fowler, sergio garcia, they didn't havea. and in fact, the word compete is almost ridiculous. they're racing for the money, it is all about the money, it is not going to have any of the prestige, not going to have the competition they used to say they craved, it is all about the money and taking the money of murderers. >> real quickly, because i can't have you here without asking you about this big move by figure skating to up the age requirement for competition. is this the right move as you see it? >> i think it is a part of of the right move. from 15 to 17, but they haven't addressed the bigg ger issue, which is the coaches that are abusing their athletes and we'll see the 15-year-olds and 14-year-olds in the junior competition outjumping the olympians, which could be a problem for the olympic games. but until they address the very serious issue of coaches abusing these young skater, whether they're in the olympics or not, the coaches will feel they have free reign to do whatever they want. >> all this coming after the d

the liv series features phil mickelson, rickie fowler and dustin johnson.r with the controversial financial backer could wind up becoming a rival to the pga. those are your headlines, guys. over to you. >> brian: what a brawl. basically you can only watch it streamed on youtube, i think. 17 players like sergio garcia and dustin johnson and phil mickelson said we want some control of our careers. the pga stopped it in its tracks or trying. to say. >> ainsley: what would you do if you were a golfer and offered you that much money. >> brian: right now they are offering me that much money not to play golf. so i will stick with that because no one is ever -- >> pete: if someone offered you five times more money to do "fox & friends" only on youtube but it was for the saudi government, would you do it? >> brian: i would miss you both. [laughter] >> brian: i would bring carley with me. so i would say this: there is a couple things, if you listen to the golfers they feel the pga has too much control even though it's a nonprofit. they feel they have had very little