President Donald Trump remains categorical on the fact that the PGA Tour and the Golf Liv can achieve a kind of agreement despite a dead end that threatens a merger between the two.
According to a report by The Guardian, the two parties exchanged correspondence and the Saudi PIF presented a list of requests – which the PGA Tour found unacceptable.
These requests understood the assurance that the LIV could continue to operate and that the Saudi president Pif Yasir al-Rumayyan could become co-president of PGA Tour Enterprises.
However, given that the current position of the PGA Tour is much better than the PIF golf company in terms of viewers and prestige, it is unlikely that the PGA will authorize these concessions.
Trump is expected to organize a dinner on his Doral course in Miami on Thursday. In mid-thetland, the president told journalists who were interested in merge the two tours.
“In the end, hopefully, the two tours will merge. It will be good. I am also involved in this, “Trump told journalists on the Air Force One.
President Donald Trump remains confident in a merger agreement between the PGA Tour and the Liv
The president was recovered by his son, Eric, after landing in Doral in Miami Thursday
Some golfers, including Brooks Koepka, referred to their hesitation in Liv’s future.
“But I hope we will merge the two tours. You have the PGA Tour and the Liv Tour. And I think having them merge would be a great thing.
After landing, Trump was taken by his Marine One helicopter to Doral – where he was picked up in a golf cart by his son, Eric.
Trump is expected to give a speech at a dinner with VIV players and other guests on Thursday before leaving for Mar-A-Lago.
Liv Golf has trouble bringing the hearing. In mid -March, the rebellious tour tried to compete with the players and obtained 34,000 Fox Sports 1 viewers just after great listening hours – compared to the 3.6 million for the final coverage of NBC.
Not only is the PGA Tour in drawing Liv in the United States with a factor of 100 to 1, but many of large funds of large funds and golfers encouraging them to join the rebel league should expire.
Consequently, many golfers have publicly indicated their disinterest or anger against the progress of the tour.
Brooks Koepka publicly said that he thought that the tour would be “further” in its fourth season than it was currently.
But the new CEO of Liv, Scott O’Neil, remains firm in the conviction that the tour will not need a merger to survive: “Do we have to conclude an agreement?” No. It would be good to agree, as long as we all focus on the same things.