LIV Golf ‘WILL continue in 2024’ after PGA merger… despite Tour chief Jay Monahan saying he didn’t ‘see a scenario’ where the Saudi-backed series existed
- PGA commissioner Jay Monahan says he can’t envision a way LIV goes forward
- But Greg Norman has told staff that LIV will continue as a standalone enterprise
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While there are no concrete plans on the future of LIV Golf amidst the merger of the DP World Tour, the Saudi PIF and the PGA Tour, team leaders on the rebel circuit reportedly say they’re planning on going forward.
Speaking to the Telegraph, one of the LIV team captains – major winner Martin Kaymer – said PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan called him on the day of the announcement.
‘Yassir rang me on Tuesday and said “we don’t know where this is going to go yet,’’ but congratulated me for making the right choice and trusting the whole product,’ Kaymer said.
‘And I’m very proud of myself that I did that. For PIF to come in now and buy the PGA Tour, support the PGA Tour, surprised everyone I guess.’
According to Sports Illustrated, Dustin Johnson was contacted by someone in LIV and was given assurances – with sources telling SI that the tour plans to continue its schedule for the rest of this season and in 2024.
LIV Golf reportedly plans to continue its schedule for the rest of this season and in 2024
Some team captains have been contacted by PIF governor Yasir al-Rumayyan (pictured)
It appears that neither side has a clear indication of what direction the rebel, team-based golf event will be going in the future.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said that he did not ‘see a scenario’ where LIV would exist in its current format alongside the PGA Tour next season.
According to PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne, Monahan will have discretion as to how LIV will look going forward.
But LIV commissioner Greg Norman has seemingly been telling his staff something different in calls this week.
‘The spigot is now wide open for commercial sponsorships, blue chip companies, TV networks,’ Norman said according to a person on the call who wished not to be identified via Sports Illustrated.
‘LIV is and will continue to be a standalone enterprise. Our business model will not change. We changed history and we’re not going anywhere.’
But beyond the captains, SI says that ‘few if any players have been directly contacted as of Saturday afternoon’.
However, there seems to be no signs of cooling down between the two sides in the aftermath of the announcement.
PGA commissioner Jay Monahan says he does not ‘see a scenario’ with LIV existing next year
But LIV commissioner Greg Norman has told staff that the circuit will continue
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As Kaymer says, with the merger between the PGA and the Saudis, those who claimed to have the moral high ground were caught by surprise.
‘I’m really looking forward now to the reaction of all the people who said “we don’t want to play for blood money. .. we don’t want to sell our soul,”‘ Kaymer said.
‘Well, now they need to move to Japan (and play on the Japan Golf Tour) in order to stay true to their word.’
The two tours will clash once again at a major tournament next week at the US Open in Los Angeles.