Tiger Woods is again in motion this week on the PGA Tour‘s Genesis Invitational.
However earlier than he might even step on the tee field for the opening spherical of the event, Woods was making headlines.
When requested about Saudi Arabia’s impending funding within the PGA Tour through its Public Funding Fund, Woods had loads to say.
“I don’t know if it’s good or unhealthy; it’s an ongoing, fluid course of,” he mentioned of the reported funding.
He then famous that he hopes the funding goes by way of, however that the PGA Tour will not be ready of want.
“In the end, we wish to have PIF be part of our tour and part of our product,” Woods mentioned. “Financially, we don’t proper now, and the monies that they’ve come to the desk with and what we initially had agreed to within the framework settlement, these are all the identical numbers. Something past that is going to be clearly over and above. We’re ready proper now, hopefully we will make our product higher within the quick time period and long run.”
Tiger Woods Echoes Jordan Spieth On Saudi PGA Tour Funding
Woods will not be the primary big-name PGA Tour star to share this perception. Jordan Spieth gave an analogous reply weeks in the past forward of the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am.
“I don’t assume that it’s wanted,” Spieth mentioned of a cope with the PIF. “The optimistic can be a unification, however…I simply assume it’s one thing that’s nearly not even value speaking about proper this second given how well timed every part can be to attempt to get it discovered. However the concept is that we now have a strategic accomplice that enables the PGA Tour to go ahead the way in which that it’s working proper now with out anything with the choice of different traders.”
In the meantime, Saudi Arabia continues to function LIV Golf as a completely separate entity. Reigning Masters champ Jon Rahm made his LIV debut final week, ending in eighth and getting right into a disagreement with some unruly followers.