- ABC News
- June 6, 2023
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League, which have been embroiled in a bitter legal battle for more than a year, have agreed to unify and move forward in a larger commercial business, the circuits announced Tuesday. The tours called the stunning development "a landmark agreement ... on a global basis." "There's been a lot of tension in our sport over the last couple years," PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan told CNBC on Tuesday. "What we're talking about today is coming together to unify the game of golf, and to do so under one umbrella. "... We've recognized that together we can have a far greater impact on this game than we can working apart. ... The game of golf is better for what we've done here today." The landmark deal between the tours and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund was reached without the knowledge of many PGA Tour members and LIV Golf players and agents. Said one PGA Tour player reached by ESPN on Tuesday, "No f---ing way." A golf agent, who...