PGA commissioner needs the US president to barter a cope with the breakaway LIV Golf in hopes of ending the game’s partition at an expert stage.
The PGA Tour has requested President Donald Trump to assist dealer a cope with the Public Funding Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia that would result in a long-awaited alliance between the events.
The PIF is the monetary backer of the LIV Golf League, which has lured a few of the PGA Tour’s stars with its big-money contracts and event paydays.
In a press release issued on Thursday, the PGA Tour stated commissioner Jay Monahan and participant director Adam Scott met Trump on Tuesday.
“We all know golf followers are eagerly anticipating a decision to negotiations with the Public Funding Fund and wish to thank President Trump for his curiosity and long-time assist of the sport of golf,” learn the assertion, which was signed by Monahan, Scott and player-director Tiger Woods.
“We requested the President to become involved for the nice of the sport, the nice of the nation, and for all of the nations concerned. We’re grateful that his management has introduced us nearer to a closing deal, paving the way in which for reunification of males’s skilled golf.”
Greater than 18 months have handed for the reason that PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the PIF introduced a “framework settlement” for an alliance that shocked the sports activities world. The events blew previous a self-imposed December 31, 2023, deadline to finalise the deal.
The one actual information final 12 months got here in June, when PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan met PGA Tour representatives in New York the week of the framework settlement’s anniversary.
Trump does have standing and credibility with the LIV founders.
His Trump Nationwide Doral Golf Membership in Miami is internet hosting an occasion in April, because it did in 2023. That 12 months, Trump programs in Washington, DC, and Bedminster, NJ, additionally held LIV occasions.
On Tuesday, Trump stated he would quickly go to the Center East, together with Saudi Arabia, though no actual date was introduced.
