President Donald Trump not too long ago met with members of the PGA Tour, together with Tiger Woods, in efforts to get the tour and LIV Golf to lastly strike a deal after roughly two years of dialogue.
PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan not too long ago mentioned the tour “requested” Trump “to become involved for the great of the sport, the great of the nation and for all of the nations concerned.”
Adam Scott, a member of the PGA Tour’s Participant Advisory Board, was on the assembly, and echoed the commissioner’s sentiments about their assembly, through which he credited Tiger Woods for kick-starting.
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Former President Donald Trump performs golf forward of the LIV Golf Invitational at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Bedminster in New Jersey, on Aug. 9, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
“It was all actually constructive… it’s only a constructive factor that the president of america is such a lover of the sport of golf and understands among the challenges going through the skilled sport in the intervening time…” Scott advised the Golf Channel at Torrey Pines this week forward of the Genesis Invitational. “He’s a lover of the sport and hopefully could be very useful in getting a resolve for the skilled sport and assist everyone transfer ahead.”
“It is fairly straightforward to tie him to the sport of golf. He is captivated with it, he owns a number of golf properties, fabulous locations world wide, and he has a relationship with Saudi Arabia, the Public Funding Fund, and he is a fan of the PGA Tour as nicely, definitely a fan of Tiger Woods, like all of us are,” Scott added. “Provided that this has been tied up in authorities beliefs, he could be very useful.”
President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods on the White Home. (Scott Taetsch-USA At this time Sports activities)
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LIV has performed at a number of Trump-owned programs since its first 12 months of play in 2022; the PGA Tour has additionally made stops on the president’s course, as nicely.
Golf star Rory McIlroy mentioned in November he believed Trump changing into president for the second time may assist “clear the best way” for a deal between the PGA and LIV.
Former President Donald Trump in the course of the LIV Golf Invitational – DC at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership on Could 27, 2023, in Sterling, Virginia. (Rob Carr/Getty Photographs)
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Even former Tour participant Brandel Chamblee, who has lengthy opposed LIV Golf, mentioned that after he performed a spherical with Trump, he has since grown to “perceive why we acquiesce and wish Saudi Arabia as a accomplice within the Center East,” and the president made convincing arguments to “[make] me consider Yasir as a accomplice within the sport of golf.”
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