James Thompson

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5,322 appearances 17 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

James Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Chanticleer · Housing recession’s long shadow, Apple iPhone flip out & Trump’s insane cash splash · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

Well, you can't quite blame the war in Iran, but you sort of can. voice-verified

The Live Golf Tour, for those who who don't remember, was was designed as a sort of global golf tour that could rival the established golf tours in America and Europe and Asia. voice-verified

And also, I guess, unify golf such that you'd have one tour that covered all the parts of the world. voice-verified

Now that was the sort of I guess narrative behind it, but really voice-verified

The story here was money, massive prize money pools. voice-verified

The golfers were promised they could play less golf across the course of a year. voice-verified

And they were offered these huge sign-on bonuses, which was the real attraction for many of them. voice-verified

The Live Golf Tour was backed by billions of dollars from the Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund, um, the public investment fund as it's called. voice-verified

Basically, since the war in Iran has started voice-verified

Saudi economy's been put under pressure, um its energy sector's been put under pressure, and the sovereign wealth fund's had to sort of review its priorities. voice-verified

Now the Live Golf tour wasn't exactly sailing along from a financial point of view anyway. voice-verified

It was a bit of a money pit, but the Saudis have withdrawn their money. voice-verified

Uh the tour has basically collapsed. voice-verified

That there's talk that it could be potentially revived, perhaps as a player-owned tour. voice-verified

But I can't see that happening, Anthony. voice-verified

The only reason that a bunch of golfers went and joined this Rebel Tour was for the promise of big sign on bonuses paid for by the Saudis and big prize money paid for by the Saudis. voice-verified

If those two things aren't there, I mean, what's the point? voice-verified

I mean we had a lot of big name Australian golfers led by Cameron Smith, the the British Open winner, who decided to go and sort of take the big dollars and voice-verified

What happens to them now? voice-verified

It's it's really unclear, isn't it? voice-verified

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