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 event 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 area.
Within the group straight behind them Thursday at Carnoustie will likely be Rory McIlroy, who will likely be enjoying along 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 during which PIF would turn into a minority investor in PGA Tour Enterprises and so they strive to determine a crew idea and produce the perimeters collectively.
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 care for 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 — just isn’t anticipated till subsequent yr.
Man Kinnings, the CEO of the European tour, additionally was a part of the New York conferences and will likely be on the Dunhill Hyperlinks. Kinnings expressed optimism that discussions have been headed in the fitting route though he mentioned, “Lengthy solution to go. A number of element, difficult stuff to be completed.”
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 event pairs an expert with an novice 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 analogous format.
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