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[ad_1] While hardly the US President’s State of the Union address, this week marked Jay Monahan’s time to deliver the PGA Tour’s equivalent from its Floridian heartland. But while a president could reasonably expect to have around half of their audience in favour, the teacher’s pet is more popular in the schoolyard than Monahan is … Read more
[ad_1] Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy wants talks on a PGA Tour merger deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to conclude quickly, saying fans want star golfers reunited. Saudi-backed LIV Golf League, in its third campaign, has many star names who defected from the PGA Tour, including reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm and … Read more
[ad_1] PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan said Tuesday talks with the Saudi Arabian backers of LIV Golf were “accelerating” but was tight-lipped on how the proposed joint venture between the two bodies would work. Speaking to reporters ahead of this week’s Players Championship, Monahan, in his first public address since August, said negotiations with Saudi … Read more
[ad_1] Golf traditionalists aren’t enjoying seeing one of the world’s most individual sports played in a team format on the rebel LIV Tour. As wet weather delayed the final round of the PGA event at the iconic Pebble Beach course, golf fans tuned into the first LIV Golf event of the year in Mayakoba, Mexico … Read more
[ad_1] The US PGA Tour announced a deal worth up to $3 billion (A$4.6bn) with a group of billionaire sports team owners on Wednesday to create a for-profit entity, PGA Tour Enterprises. The commercial venture partnership with Strategic Sports Group (SSG), under the PGA Tour’s control, offers nearly 200 PGA Tour players the chance to … Read more