The PGA Tour has described talks held at the White House with US President Donald Trump as constructive. The meeting took place on Thursday and involved PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, player directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott,
Tiger Woods was part of the merger talks Thursday between the PGA Tour and Saudi-funded LIV Golf, which has stalled for the past two years.
Washington Post journalist Sally Jenkins took on the PGA Tour-PIF potential deal, discussing the money involved. A Substack publication, Money in Sport, reported in a February 13 th story that LIV Golf expenditures by its UK arm exceeded $1 billion. The total spending worldwide is above $3.9 billion and is projected to grow to $5 billion.
There is a general belief that talks between PGA Tour Enterprises and the Public Information Fund are moving closer to a long-awaited agreement
Commissioner Jay Monahan, Player Director Tiger Woods and Player Director Adam Scott met with President Donald Trump and H.E. Yasir Al-Rumayyan on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the White House.
Tiger Woods and PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan are part of a White House meeting that signals more progress in getting a deal done with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf
This is the second time in just over two weeks the PGA Tour leadership — Woods and Scott — have met at the White House.
“PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott are meeting with officials at the White House on Thursday, in what the tour hopes is another step in reunifying men's professional golf, sources told ESPN,” Schlabach reported.