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The golf world has been fractured for years now, ever since LIV Golf launched and siphoned off most of the PGA Tour’s greatest stars together with Bryson, Brooks, Phil, DJ, and different golfers so widespread their final names aren’t even needed so that you can know who I’m speaking about. However the darkish days of golf look like at its finish as there are experiences {that a} PGA Tour-LIV Golf deal is imminent.
In spite of everything of this time, particulars remained scant on what a unification deal would possibly seem like and now that the tip appears close to there are seemingly credible experiences of what the longer term may maintain. In line with Bloomberg reporters Gillian Tan, Giles Turner, and David Hellier, the Saudi PIF is near securing “a roughly 6% stake within the PGA Tour’s industrial arm.”
I got here throughout this information on social media once I noticed GolfNewsNet proprietor Ryan Ballengee publish “All of this was for six p.c of PGA Tour Enterprises?” and that query has been resonating with me ever since. How can, after three LIV Golf seasons and an entire upending to the construction and recognition {of professional} golf, this have all been over a measly 6%?!
In line with the Bloomberg report, the Saudi PIF funding and infusion of money would increase the PGA Tour Enterprises worth to round $12 billion.
As for the way the reintegration of the gamers would look, there are a selection of ways in which may occur. In actual fact, there’s been no scarcity of ideas remodeled the previous few years on the way it would possibly look to have LIV Golf stars again within the PGA Tour fold.
On the 2 sides, there are PGA Tour grinders who completely to not need to see the LIV Golf stars handed the proverbial keys to town with out some form of retribution for them taking large LIV Golf contracts. And on the LIV Golf aspect, it appears the overwhelming majority of the tour’s stars genuinely don’t care about returning to a full slate of PGA Tour occasions and so they have thrived with the lighter ambiance and group golf components LIV has provided.
On the finish of the day, there’s a most variety of gamers who could be within the discipline for PGA Tour occasions. With any LIV Golf stars taking a tee time to say the PLAYERS Championship or different marquee occasions meaning an everyday on the PGA Tour who’s combating week after week to maintain their TOUR card won’t make it into the sphere. So tough choices must be made.
The PGA Tour-LIV Golf deal information additionally comes after experiences that Greg Norman will quickly be ousted because the CEO of LIV Golf. These rumors have been circulating for months now and it stays to be seen if that may occur if/when a PGA Tour-LIV Golf deal is finalized.
