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PGA Tour deal with Saudis not close nor necessary: McIlroy

PGA Tour deal with Saudis not close nor necessary: McIlroy

Rory McIlroy believes the PGA Tour completing a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf would be the ideal scenario because it would bring back together all the best players in the world. 6 Mar 2025
PGA Tour close to brokering deal with LIV Golf

PGA Tour close to brokering deal with LIV Golf

The PGA is closer to finalising a deal with LIV Golf, says the Tour's Commissioner Jay Monaghan. 7 Feb 2025
PGA Tour contemplating changes to Championship

PGA Tour contemplating changes to Championship

The PGA Tour is contemplating another change to the format of the Tour Championship to crown a FedEx Cup champion as part of a response to what fans, television and corporate partners want to see. 4 Jan 2025
CLEARY: Zed's dead but LIV lives, one year on from predicted doom

CLEARY: Zed's dead but LIV lives, one year on from predicted doom

Unlike Zed who is dead, LIV Golf is still kicking and Greg Norman remains chief executive despite a proposal that he be "terminated”. 27 Jul 2024
'Frustrated' board member quits due to PGA-LIV stall

'Frustrated' board member quits due to PGA-LIV stall

Jimmy Dunne, one of the architects behind the PGA Tour's stunning reversal to strike a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, has abruptly resigned from the PGA Tour board with a letter that expressed frustration at the lack of progress that no longer included his input. 14 May 2024
Cleary: The LIV Golf vs PGA Tour argument is a rabbit hole full of Komodo Dragons

Cleary: The LIV Golf vs PGA Tour argument is a rabbit hole full of Komodo Dragons

LIV Golf’s on this week which means one thing: golf’s version of #CodeWars will heat up again, with punters and pundits shouting opinions into TikTok, or what have you, about whether the PGA Tour or LIV Golf is better, and denigrating the other one to make their point. 22 Apr 2024
PGA and LIV rift cannot go on: McIlroy

PGA and LIV rift cannot go on: McIlroy

The split in the men's game between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is unsustainable and will not benefit anyone in the long term, according to Rory McIlroy 3 Apr 2024
McIlroy approves of bid to end golf's civil war

McIlroy approves of bid to end golf's civil war

Rory McIlroy has welcomed the news a group of PGA Tour players will meet officials from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund as efforts continue to make a deal to end golf's civil war. 18 Mar 2024
Cleary: Fear, loathing and exceptionalism - why the PGA Tour is bad for world golf

Cleary: Fear, loathing and exceptionalism - why the PGA Tour is bad for world golf

There’s a theory, a term, you could call it a Thing, called ‘American exceptionalism’, in which many of our dear, sweet and slightly left-field cousins in America believe to their star-spangled bootstraps that they live in the greatest land of liberty in the history of humankind. 4 Mar 2024
Friends again: What a 'perfect' World Golf Tour would look like

Friends again: What a 'perfect' World Golf Tour would look like

It was the sainted Rory McIlroy who said: “If we can create a perfect golf calendar, what would it look like? I don’t think it would look like it looks right now. I think there would be changes made.” 14 Feb 2024
Bulk of new cash to go to top PGA Tour players

Bulk of new cash to go to top PGA Tour players

The PGA Tour plans to make $US750 million ($A1.1 billion) of initial grants from its new cash-flush PGA Tour Enterprises to 36 top players based on their career achievements, their last five years on tour and how much attention they have brought to golf. 8 Feb 2024
PGA Tour inks $3 billion deal with U.S consortium

PGA Tour inks $3 billion deal with U.S consortium

The PGA Tour has secured a $US3 billion ($A4.5 billion) investment from a consortium of U.S sports team owners as part of a deal that will benefit its players and allow for co-investment from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. 1 Feb 2024
PGA Tour pick potential investor as merger deadline nears

PGA Tour pick potential investor as merger deadline nears

The PGA Tour has narrowed its choice of potential investors as it races to meet a December 31 deadline in merger talks involving Saudi Arabia's national wealth fund. 11 Dec 2023
Morri: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

Morri: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em

Some people apparently aren’t familiar with the saying ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em’. 20 Nov 2023
PGA Tour works toward equity ownership for players

PGA Tour works toward equity ownership for players

The PGA Tour has created a program that would give players equity ownership in a new commercial enterprise, provided it finalises a deal with Saudi Arabia's national wealth fund and five other private groups that want to invest. 15 Nov 2023
PGA Tour boss confident merger will have "positive outcome"

PGA Tour boss confident merger will have "positive outcome"

PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan insists a positive outcome is on the brink and confident the merger with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will meet the January 1st deadline. 23 Aug 2023
Monahan determined to get merger right

Monahan determined to get merger right

Back to full health, commissioner Jay Monahan says the PGA Tour is on the right path to finalise a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf and believes that whether he's the best person to lead the tour will depend on the results. 10 Aug 2023
PGA Tour unveils 2024 FedExCup Season

PGA Tour unveils 2024 FedExCup Season

PGA Tour today released its 2024 FedExCup Regular Season and FedExCup Playoffs schedule, with events interconnected like never before to deliver maximum drama and consequence, as the Tour returns to a calendar-year schedule for the first time since 2012. 9 Aug 2023
Scott salutes Tiger's new involvement

Scott salutes Tiger's new involvement

Stressing the need to have the desires of all PGA Tour players heard, Australian major champ Adam Scott says he's ecstatic that Tiger Woods will be part of making that process happen. 3 Aug 2023
PGA Tour players get more say, Tiger joins the board

PGA Tour players get more say, Tiger joins the board

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and the Tour’s player members, Player Directors and Player Advisory Council members have announced a new agreement to ensure that the Tour lives up to its mission of being a player-driven organisation, “for the players, by the players.” 2 Aug 2023
Morri: Rollback decision about saving face

Morri: Rollback decision about saving face

Like a stone dropped in a pond the fallout from Jay Monahan’s rejection of the distance rollback proposal will continue to make waves in golf for a long time to come. 31 Jul 2023