Commissioner Jay Monahan and player directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott are meeting with officials at the White House on Thursday as discussions for a PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger continue, sources tell ESPN.
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Tennis World on MSNScott discusses the potential negative feelings tied to LIV Golf players rejoiningI wouldnt be surprised -- or I wouldnt judge anyone, the members -- if reunification happened and they werent happy with how it happened, Scott said.
Thursday’s first round of the Genesis Invitational brought about brutal conditions: temperatures in the 50s, a nagging drizzle, and a chilly, vicious wind out of the south. Players had no choice but to bundle up,
Rory McIlroy believes reunifying with players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf is what’s best for the PGA Tour membership and “everyone’s just got to get over it” and move forward. Adam Scott will understand if there’s still bad feelings.
Adam Scott did not hide his concern that there may be PGA Tour players who would not welcome the eventual return of those who went to LIV Golf.
More than 18 months since the two rival sides shocked the sports world by announcing a "framework" merger agreement, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are still hammering out the finer details.
Adam Scott, who is at the forefront of reunification discussions with LIV Golf, said he wouldn't be surprised if PGA Tour members would be unhappy if it happens.
Rory McIlroy believes reunifying with players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf is what's best for the PGA Tour membership and “everyone's just got to get over it” and move forward. Adam Scott will understand if there's still bad feelings.
PGA Tour player Adam Scott, a member of the tour's Player Advisory Board, said President Donald Trump's love for golf could be "very helpful" for an eventual deal with LIV.
Scott said the meeting lasted about 40 minutes in the Oval Office and was a “really positive” step for the Tour in its ongoing negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
As discussions between LIV and the PGA Tour heat up, there is another side to the tour's merger negotiations that won't play out until players from both sides return to the same courses. RELATED: President Trump saves merger talks between LIV and PGA Tour It's been nearly three years now since LIV first launched,
Adam Scott says his meeting with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and President Donald Trump last week was "positive" for getting a PGA-LIV deal to reunite men's golf stars.
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