BREAKING NEWS:

Trump and Jay Monahan meet at White House as PGA Tour deal with Saudis gets closer

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House this week as the tour moves closer to finalizing a long-sought investment deal with the Saudi Arabian backers of rival LIV Golf.

 

Monahan said Thursday in a statement he and Adam Scott, one of the player directors on the PGA Tour board, met with Trump and asked him to get involved in the negotiations “for the good of the game, the good of the country, and for all the countries involved.””We are grateful that his leadership has brought us closer to a final deal, paving the way for reunification of men´s professional golf,” Monahan said.The statement was signed by Monahan, Scott and Tiger Woods, who is vice chairman of the commercial PGA Tour Enterprises. It did not say Woods was at the meeting, nor was it clear who asked for the meeting.

 

The PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia first agreed to a deal in June 2023, which ended the antitrust lawsuits between them. But that framework agreement drew the attention of the Justice Department, and the year ended without a deal in place.

 

The tour and P i f have been meeting for nearly a year. Trump, just 10 days after he was elected, invited Monahan to play golf at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 15.