The PGA Tour says “some hurdles stay” within the protracted negotiations with LIV Golf to reunify the game – though Donald Trump’s intervention has “considerably bolstered” the talks.
Discussions have been ongoing since June 2023 when the PGA Tour and DP World Tour agreed a shock merger with Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (PIF), which funds LIV.
The 2 sides met on the White Home final month following the intervention of US President Trump, who’s a eager golfer with enterprise pursuits within the sport.
However, talking earlier than this week’s Gamers Championship, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan couldn’t present a solution about when a deal is perhaps struck.
“We’re doing all the pieces we are able to to deliver the 2 sides collectively,” Monahan mentioned.
“That mentioned, we is not going to accomplish that in a approach that diminishes the energy of our platform or the very actual momentum we now have with our followers and companions.”
The PGA Tour, represented by Monahan, participant director Adam Scott and 15-time main winner Tiger Woods, held “constructive” talks with LIV Golf chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan and President Trump on 21 February.
Monahan mentioned the involvement of President Trump – who owns a number of golf resorts world wide – had made a truce “very actual”.
Nonetheless, no deadline has been set for the saga to be resolved, he mentioned.
“Whereas we now have eliminated some hurdles, however some stay,” Monahan added in a information convention at Sawgrass, the place the PGA’s flagship occasion begins on Thursday.
“However like our followers, we nonetheless share the identical sense of urgency to get to a decision.
“Our crew is totally dedicated to reunification.”
