LIV Golf’s most recent denial of Official World Golf Ranking points, included OWGR chairman Peter Dawson describing the league as a “closed shop.” That won’t be the case anymore.
Tiger Woods says he never received scripted comments reportedly sent from the PGA Tour last year when the tour was intensifying its defensive stance against the just launched LIV Golf circuit.
United States Senator Richard Blumenthal (District of Connecticut) said on Sunday that Congressional hearings regarding the proposed partnership between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund could happen “within weeks.”
To those who sensed that McIlroy might be feeling betrayed after Wednesday’s stunning announcement between the tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, well, you’re right.
It’s believed Woods’ mission, as a self-appointed shadow commissioner, is to reshape the PGA Tour in a way that enough new money will flow to ensure top players will want to stay, while giving himself a slice of the pie and more of a say in how the Tour operates.
As a showdown looms between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour against the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, another entity is trying to remind the golf world it wants in the mix.
PGA Tour players and officials discussed a number of topics regarding the tour’s future in a mandatory players meeting on Wednesday (AEDT) ahead of the Honda Classic at PGA National.
The upstart golf league that seeks to challenge the PGA Tour has progressed to the offer-making stage and hopes to be operational by 2022, according to a report from the British outlet The Telegraph.