PGA Tour commissioner believes a definitive agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will be reached
“If you saw the amount of conversation and the time that the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF are spending working forward from a framework to a definitive, I think would you see the sincerity of the efforts there. There’s an intensity and there’s an urgency and there’s a lot of work, good work, that’s being done.”
Intriguingly, the commissioner would not clarify whether or not he wants LIV to continue to operate. The precise shape of the men’s professional game remains wholly unclear, including to the world’s leading players. LIV has coaxed a string of players from the PGA Tour and remains bullish about its own future.
To that end, Monahan has not pursued a Plan B should the Saudi arrangement fail to formalise. “Right now my focus is on the negotiations with PIF,” he said. “That’s where all my energy and attention is. I think the realisation that there is an entity that can be invested into at the PGA Tour and the uniqueness of being able to invest into a professional sports league of the calibre, quality and sustainability of the PGA Tour, obviously has generated a lot of interest.
“But, in terms of alternatives, the sole conversation that we’re having is the conversation we’re having with PIF.” – Guardian
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