CNN —The US-based PGA Tour is set to partner with the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf, ending a feud that has dogged the men’s professional game for the past year.
A spokesperson for the PGA Tour told CNN that the new relationship between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf is not a merger, but “a partnership/creation of a new commercial entity.”The LIV Golf series, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), officially launched in June 2022, with participating players subsequently barred from competing in PGA Tour events.
“After two years of disruption and distraction, this is a historic day for the game we all know and love,” said PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan.
In August 2022, the four-time major winner told CNN that LIV Golf had “ripped apart” the men’s game.
Tiger Woods was also critical, arguing in July 2022 that players who joined LIV Golf had “turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position.”Woods had been critical of players to join LIV Golf.
Persons:
LIV, LIV Golf, Mohammed bin Salman, ”, Jay Monahan, Monahan, Yasir Al, PIF, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, “, ” Woods, Richard Heathcote, Phil Mickelson, Mickelson
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CNN, PGA, PGA Tour, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, MBS, LIV Golf, Getty, Twitter
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Saudi, Saudi Arabia