June 15 (Reuters) - LIV Golf plans to go through with its schedule for the remainder of the year and 2024 despite the agreement to merge with the PGA Tour, former world number one Dustin Johnson said.
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and rival Saudi-backed LIV circuit announced the shock agreement to form one unified commercial entity last week, bringing an end to a bitter fight that had split the sport.
There is uncertainly about how the golf calendar will look next year under the framework of the merger, with some doubts being raised about whether the LIV Golf League team-based competition would even exist after its 2023 season.
However Johnson, one of the star recruits of the breakaway circuit, said he learned from Yasir Al-Rumayyan that the circuit would continue next year.
Those are private conversations, and I don't know exactly what his future plans are ...
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LIV Golf, Dustin Johnson, LIV, Rory McIlroy, Johnson, Yasir Al, bankrolls LIV, they're, We'll, I'm, we're, Bryson DeChambeau, DeChambeau, Hritika Sharma, Peter Rutherford
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PGA Tour, LIV Golf League, Public Investment Fund, ESPN, Former U.S, Al, Thomson
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Saudi, Hyderabad