Tiger Woods and the other players on the PGA Tour have been urged by Tom Watson to move the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) peace agreement forward.
Following the announcement of a startling framework deal last June by the two opposing factions of golf’s civil war, the PGA Tour and PIF are still in negotiations. The agreement is anticipated to put an end to the story involving LIV Golf and the American circuit, reuniting the sport.
The two parties failed to finalize their agreement by the original date of December 31 at the end of last year, and it has been more than ten months since the accord was first announced.
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Veteran player on the PGA Tour Watson feels that the playing membership needs to act now that the clock is running out. “Hopefully, the players understood that to mean that something needed to be done. “We need to take action,” he declared during this week’s Masters Tournament.
“Everyone is aware that the professional golf industry is currently facing challenges. I believe that the gamers actually kind of have control. What are their desires? We’ll watch its progress. Both the answers and the information are unknown to us. The PGA Tour and the LIV Tour, in my opinion, are currently without a meaningful solution.
The PGA Tour’s player directors, who were initially excluded from the initial round of talks, have been involved in more recent talks as a means of applying pressure to Circuit Commissioner Jay Monahan. One of six directors, Woods was present at a meeting with PIF last month in the Bahamas along with several other representatives from Tour.
On the PGA Tour’s agreement with PIF, Tom Watson expressed his opinions.
On the PGA Tour’s agreement with PIF, Tom Watson expressed his opinions. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images))
At the Genesis Invitational in February, Woods talked about the potential future of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. He also disclosed that players who switched to the Saudi-backed league may see their Tour bans lifted. Woods stated, “We’re investigating every model for a route back.”
There is currently no answer to what it looks like, how it affects the gamers who have stayed and who have not departed, or how we can improve our product moving ahead. We’re looking at a very distinct set of ideas that vary in degree, and we’re not sure how that will play out in the near future.
Even the longer term details of that are unknown to us. Believe me, there are chats and emails about this and how it relates to our next tour every day and every week. This week at the Masters, Woods is making just his second start of the year as he fights to regain full fitness following a spate of recent injury setbacks.
The 82-time PGA Tour champion begins his week with Max Homa and Jason Day in the opening round on Thursday. His goal is to earn a record-tying sixth
green jacket at Augusta.
