(Photo : Patrick Smith/Getty Images) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA – Tiger Woods of the United States performs his shot from the fourth tee through the second spherical of the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 07, 2023 in Augusta, Georgia.
The PGA Tour is set to merge with Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf to kind a brand new yet-to-be-named group, ending a bitter feud that has doomed the boys’s skilled sport for a 12 months.
This deal would mix the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s business companies and rights, per Bleacher Report.
The PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf have agreed to merge into a brand new, yet-to-be-named firm
This deal would mix the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s business companies and rights pic.twitter.com/VHDQGTpZPw
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 6, 2023
The deal additionally includes the DP World Tour, also referred to as the PGA European Tour, the main males’s skilled golf tour in Europe.
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The PGA Tour made the stunning announcement on Tuesday with a assertion, saying that the landmark settlement is to unify the sport of golf on a world foundation.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan talked about that no gamers have been concerned within the deal.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan says that no gamers have been concerned within the take care of LIV.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy each discovered at this time. pic.twitter.com/agSXjnV8MF
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) June 6, 2023
The LIV Golf sequence, backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, formally launched final June 2022.
Several high-profile PGA gamers jumped ship to LIV, most notably Phil Mickelson, who signed an enormous deal with LIV within the vary of $200 million. Dustin Johnson additionally signed a deal price $125 million with the Gulf country-backed sequence.
However, different notable PGA gamers stayed loyal to the tour. Tiger Woods reportedly turned down $800 million from LIV, whereas Rory Mcllroy didn’t settle for a $400 million provide.
Participating gamers of the sequence have been prohibited from competing in PGA Tour occasions, sparking controversy.
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