Three weeks after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with Saudi Arabia’s monetary backer of LIV Golf, they are going to be collectively once more this week in Scotland, this time contained in the ropes.
Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Funding Fund that helps the PGA Tour’s rival league, are enjoying collectively within the Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship on the European tour. The match begins Thursday.
Monahan is paired with Billy Horschel, whereas Al-Rumayyan is enjoying with Dean Burmester of South Africa, certainly one of 14 gamers from LIV Golf within the discipline.
Within the group straight behind them Thursday at Carnoustie might be Rory McIlroy, who might be enjoying together with his father.
Monahan and Al-Rumayyan have been concerned in conferences in New York on Sept. 11 and 12 as the 2 sides attempt to work out a deal wherein PIF would grow to be a minority investor in PGA Tour Enterprises they usually attempt to determine a workforce idea and convey the edges collectively.
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The PGA Tour has banned gamers who defected to LIV Golf, which launched in June 2022. The European tour has allowed gamers to return to sure occasions offered they maintain sanctions, a mix of suspensions and fines.
Jon Rahm is enjoying the Dunhill whereas he appeals his fines. A ruling on that — an impartial panel beforehand dominated in favor of the European tour — shouldn’t be anticipated till subsequent yr.
Man Kinnings, the CEO of the European tour, additionally was a part of the New York conferences and might be on the Dunhill Hyperlinks. Kinnings expressed optimism that discussions have been headed in the appropriate course though he mentioned, “Lengthy strategy to go. Lots of element, difficult stuff to be finished.”
There had been concern negotiations had stalled with little motion since June. The LIV Golf League ended on Sept. 22, and the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs ended on the finish of August.
The match pairs an expert with an newbie for 3 rounds at St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. Al-Rumayyan additionally performed within the Dunhill a yr in the past. Monahan has sometimes performed within the AT&T Pebble Seashore below an identical format.
