McIlroy cautioned that the current state of affairs, with two entities currently holding very different forms of competition and some players secured by LIV through the late 2020s, will require patience to be worked out.
Multiple sources familiar with the matter told Golf Digest that LIV Golf’s team component is one of many highly contested subjects in a potential deal.
Spieth did not go into any detail about who else would be there or if it was taking place three days from now, though he did say he believes this potential meeting could be beneficial for both parties.
Though the incontrovertible takeaway from the past two years in professional golf is that no one knows anything, at least for certain, we’ve spent much of this week at TPC Sawgrass gathering intel on the status of the deal.
Speaking ahead of his tour’s flagship event, the Players Championship, there were two things of substance from his remarks, and those comments were notable in who and what they addressed.
In a performance that was alternately confident and cautious, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan spoke in front of the gathered media for the first time since last August at the Tour Championship.
Golf’s civil war is near its endgame and those deciding its fate are down to two roads. The problem for those making this decision is many have these roads confused for the other.
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund have extended their self-imposed deadline on a proposed business agreement to create a new for-profit venture tenatively labelled PGA Tour Enterprises.
Jon Rahm’s exodus to LIV Golf has sparked rumours regarding who might follow the reigning Masters champ to the Saudi-backed circuit, with one European media outlet reporting Tony Finau as a potential mover.
Monahan spoke at the New York Times DealBook Summit, covering a number of topics from the tumultuous past year that included the continued threat of losing players to LIV Golf, the tour’s surprise framework agreement with PIF in negotiations unknown to the players, and the subsequent leave of absence Monahan took to address his own mental health issues.
While vagueness was the throughline through Woods’ first public remarks since the Masters, the 15-time major winner did open the window – if only ever so slightly – into the PGA Tour’s negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.