10 months, 1 week ago

Rory McIlroy says PGA Tour is ‘worse off’ without Jimmy Dunne on board

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rory McIlroy believes the potential for a deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf has stalled because board member Jimmy Dunne was left out of the mix, and the tour suffered a “huge loss” when Dunne decided to resign. “I think it’s a huge loss for the PGA Tour if they are trying to get this deal done with the PIF and trying to unify the game,” McIlroy said Wednesday ahead of the PGA Championship. We shouldn’t be telling them how to run a business.” McIlroy resigned from the PGA Tour board in November, right before the tour settled on Strategic Sports Group as its best private equity option. Former PGA Tour player Joe Ogilvie serves as a “liaison director.” Glover said having too much player control is what led Dunne to resign at a time when the tour could use his expertise.

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

McIlroy says PGA Tour deal with Saudis isn’t close and an agreement might not be necessary

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rory McIlroy believes the PGA Tour completing a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf would be the ideal scenario because it would bring back together all the best players in the world. “So if one party is willing and ready and the other isn’t, it sort of makes it tough.” McIlroy has not been at …

3 months ago

PGA Tour to hire CEO to run expanding business. Jay Monahan stays on as commissioner

The Independent

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3 months ago

PGA Tour to hire CEO to run expanding business. Jay Monahan stays on as commissioner

Associated Press

The PGA Tour, flush with a $1.5 billion investment from private equity and still negotiating with the Saudi-backers of LIV Golf as a minority investor, is hiring a CEO for the first time who will work alongside Commissioner Jay Monahan. “We’re bringing new perspectives on to our team to help us realize the incredible opportunities ahead for our sport, including …

3 months, 1 week ago

The PGA Tour and LIV’s Saudi backers have a deal—but there’s one holdup

Live Mint

When the PGA Tour announced a stunning alliance with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf that it had spent months battling on and off the course, the plan was for the two sides to have a final agreement by the end of the year. Quietly, though, the two sides have made significant progress and have actually reached an agreement for …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiger Woods has no firm answers on deal with Saudis or his future as a player

Deccan Chronicle

Tiger Woods could not offer much of a timetable Tuesday on PGA Tour negotiations with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf or his own future as a player. “But things are very fluid, we’re still working through it, it’s happening daily,” Woods said. “From a policy board standpoint or from an enterprise standpoint, things are moving and they’re constructive.” In …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Rory McIlroy suggests new timeline for PGA Tour and LIV Golf to strike deal

The Independent

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

PGA Tour insists it is making progress in talks with LIV Golf's Saudi backers PIF but does not open up on New York meeting with Tiger Woods and co

Daily Mail

The PGA Tour has claimed it has made progress amid negotiations with LIV Golf's Saudi backers in recent months. PGA Tour Enterprises' entire Transaction Subcommittee, a group that includes 15-times major champion Tiger Woods, was present at the latest meeting with Public Investment Fund Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan. The PGA Tour has claimed it has made progress amid negotiations with LIV …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

PGA Tour reports ‘progress’ without details in meeting with Saudi wealth fund leaders

Associated Press

The PGA Tour reported progress without details from a face-to-face meeting between its negotiating committee and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia as it tries to work toward a deal. The meeting in New York on Friday evening involved the “transaction committee” of PGA Tour Enterprises and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund that …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

PGA Tour reports 'progress' without details in meeting with Saudi wealth fund leaders

The Independent

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Rory McIlroy moves into contention at Muirfield ahead of crunch PGA Tour and Saudi talks

The Telegraph

Rory McIlroy survived the arduous layout that is Muirfield Village here before rushing off for the long-awaited meeting between the PGA Tour and Saudi Public Investment Fund which could one day be seen as the defining moment in the professional male game’s civil war. ‌Tiger Woods and Adam Scott were scheduled to attend in person, as was PGA Tour commissioner …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Analysis: A year after PGA Tour’s surprise deal with Saudis, still no clarity on where golf is going

Associated Press

DUBLIN, Ohio — PGA champion Xander Schauffele was on the 10th tee at Muirfield Village for a late Monday afternoon practice round to start the week of the Memorial. Unbeknownst to Schauffele — unbeknownst to every PGA Tour player — was that Dunne and Herlihy, along with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, had been secretly meeting with the Public Investment …

10 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour policy board amid 'too much player power' as Tour-LIV talks stall

Daily Mail

Jimmy Dunne - one of the key figures behind golf's ongoing merger talks between the PGA Tour and the Saudi sovereign wealth - has said 'no meaningful progress has been made' in the negotiations after resigning from the process on Monday. In a development that will heighten suspicions that a union between the Tour and LIV won't materialise, Dunne, the …

10 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour board. He feels his input is no longer needed

Associated Press

Jimmy Dunne, one of the architects behind the PGA Tour’s stunning reversal to strike a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, abruptly resigned Monday from the PGA Tour board with a letter that expressed frustration at the lack of progress that no longer included his input. “I believe that history will look favorably on this outcome and the …

10 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour policy board citing ‘no meaningful progress’ toward deal to unify pro golf

New York Times

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One of the primary figures in the PGA Tour’s shocking framework agreement with the Public Investment of Saudi Arabia last summer resigned from the PGA Tour policy board Monday citing “no meaningful progress” toward a deal with PIF, according to a letter reported by Sports Illustrated. Jimmy Dunne, a prominent investment banker, became a key figure in …

10 months, 1 week ago

McIlroy says he and Adam Scott also involved in Saudi meetings

Associated Press

Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott are joining Tiger Woods on the subcommittee directly involved in negotiating with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, an addition to what the PGA Tour previously disclosed even though McIlroy says he’s been involved in discussions. McIlroy said Thursday at the Wells Fargo Championship that while he is not on the PGA Tour Enterprises board, …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiger Woods to be lone player on negotiating committee with Saudi-backed LIV Golf

The Hindu

Tiger Woods will be the lone player on a five-member subcommittee that will be involved in negotiations with the Public Investment Fund, part of a busy day of governance as the PGA Tour tries to strike a deal with Saudi backers of LIV Golf. The tour said Woods will be part of the “transaction subcommittee” on the board of PGA …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiger Woods to be lone player on negotiating committee with Saudis

Associated Press

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Rory McIlroy won’t rejoin PGA Tour board, says others were ‘uncomfortable’ with his potential return

Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rory McIlroy won’t be returning to the PGA Tour board, saying Wednesday a plan to replace Webb Simpson was met with resistance from board members. “I think there was a subset of people on the board that were maybe uncomfortable with me coming back on for some reason.” McIlroy’s reinstatement would have been viewed as a chance …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

McIlroy ready to return to PGA Tour policy board, and eager to enjoy his first trip to New Orleans

Associated Press

— For this week, at least, Rory McIlroy is focused on “fun” during his first visit to New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s lone team event. “I don’t think there’s been much progress made in the last eight months, and I was hopeful that there would be,” McIlroy said, alluding his goal of seeing a formalized unification of the PGA …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Webb Simpson offers to resign from PGA Tour board. But only if McIlroy replaces him, AP source says

Associated Press

A plan is in place for Rory McIlroy to rejoin the PGA Tour board, a move that would require the board’s approval and could be viewed as a chance to help to improve stalled negotiations with the Saudi financial backers of LIV Golf. Webb Simpson, one of the six player directors on the PGA Tour board and PGA Tour Enterprises …

11 months ago

Rory McIlroy set for surprise return to PGA Tour board - reports

The Hindu

Rory McIlroy didn’t stay away from the PGA Tour’s policy board for long. The four-time major champion from Northern Ireland will return as a player director on the policy board and take a seat on the board of PGA Tour Enterprises, the Guardian reported Monday. McIlroy stepped back from the policy board in November following the dramatic tussle between the …

1 year ago

PGA Tour’s Monahan describes ‘constructive’ meeting with Saudi leader of LIV Golf

Associated Press

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — The PGA Tour took a first step in sparking negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund with a meeting in the Bahamas that Commissioner Jay Monahan described as “constructive” without offering many more details. In a memo late Monday night to players, Monahan said the player directors on the PGA Tour Enterprises board met with Yasir …

1 year ago

Rory McIlroy outlines ideal solution to PGA Tour and LIV feud

The Independent

1 year ago

Monahan confident in his job and hopeful PGA Tour can strike a deal with Saudis

Associated Press

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was short on details but overflowing with confidence Tuesday about the future of the PGA Tour, repairing the fractured landscape of golf and his ability to lead the way. Monahan said at the onset of his news conference — his first in nearly seven months — that while negotiations with …

1 year, 1 month ago

Rory McIlroy's former agent Chubby Chandler hints the PGA Tour star could make a bombshell '$946m' move to LIV Golf as the Northern Irishman 'is paving the way that the rebel circuit is okay now'

Daily Mail

Chubby Chandler managed McIlroy for four years until he split from him in 2011 Rory McIlroy has been one of the PGA Tour's most outspoken critics of LIV Golf Rory McIlroy's former agent Chubby Chandler has boldly claimed that the Northern Irishman could be heading for a shock LIV Golf move. Rory McIlroy's former agent, Chubby Chandler, hinted the star …

1 year, 1 month ago

PGA Tour strikes $3 billion deal with Fenway-led investment group. Players to get equity ownership

Associated Press

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The PGA Tour is getting a $3 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group in a deal announced Wednesday that would give players access to more than $1.5 billion as equity owners in the new PGA Tour Enterprises. “The coolest thing about it is the players are now owners,” said Jordan Spieth, one of six players on …

1 year, 1 month ago

Rory McIlroy says the PGA Tour is cheapened without LIV Golf players. He doesn’t want them punished

Associated Press

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy wants golf put back together again as quickly as possible, saying Tuesday that even winning one of the PGA Tour’s signature events would feel cheapened because it didn’t have all the best players in the world. “I think it’s hard to punish people,” McIlroy said at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McIlroy, who previously …

1 year, 2 months ago

PGA Tour starts a new year that feels like the old one. There’s more to golf than just the golf

Associated Press

KAPALUA, Hawaii — One upside for the PGA Tour extending the Dec. 31 deadline to finalize a deal with Saudi Arabia is the new season starting Thursday at Kapalua can avoid a big distraction. The new year feels a lot like the old one — questions about a fractured landscape, more money than ever that still doesn’t seems to be …

1 year, 2 months ago

PGA Tour starts a new year that feels like the old one. There's more to golf than just the golf

The Independent

1 year, 3 months ago

Jordan Spieth pushes back on report that Patrick Cantlay is calling shots in PGA Tour negotiations

Associated Press

Jordan Spieth dispelled the notion he is part of an alliance with Tiger Woods and Patrick Cantlay on the PGA Tour board as the deadline nears for the tour to finalize its framework agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, who have lured away Masters champion Jon Rahm. Sports Illustrated reported the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia indicated …

1 year, 3 months ago

‘Patrick Cantlay-led power coup’ blamed for Jon Rahm’s £450m LIV move

The Telegraph

McGinley expressed the hope that a deal with PIF can still be reached and he is backed in this wish by countryman Rory McIlroy. “The majority of people like the PGA Tour, but if LIV were to take a few players each and every year it’s really going to be divided – and that’s no good for anyone. In August, …

1 year, 4 months ago

Spieth selected to replace McIlroy on PGA Tour policy board considering Saudi deal

The Hindu

Jordan Spieth was selected to replace Rory McIlroy as a player director on the PGA Tour Policy Board considering a Saudi-backed merger deal, tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced on Monday. The policy board is facing a year-end deadline to approve a framework agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, a merger deal unveiled in June that shocked tour players, including …

1 year, 4 months ago

Rory McIlroy explains why he left PGA Tour’s policy board

The Independent

1 year, 4 months ago

Rory McIlroy abruptly resigns from PGA Tour policy board

Associated Press

Rory McIlroy resigned from the PGA Tour board on Tuesday, an abrupt move that comes as the tour is trying to finalize an agreement to create a new commercial enterprise involving Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund. But yeah, the game of professional golf has been in flux for the last two years.” In a statement, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan …

1 year, 7 months ago

PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan 'certain' merger with LIV Golf will be agreed by 2023 deadline

Daily Mail

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is confident - well, even more so - that a deal will be finalized between the Tour and LIV Golf ahead of the December 31 deadline. The PIF's governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, would be CEO of the company and have a seat on the PGA Tour board, though Monahan said the PGA Tour had safeguards to …

1 year, 7 months ago

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board, to assist commissioner Jay Monahan on Saudi deal discussions

Firstpost

Woods joins the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years on tour will become a sixth player director as part of a broad agreement that gives the players a greater voice and awareness of any major deals going forward. Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 …

1 year, 7 months ago

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and gives commissioner his support as Saudi deal talks continue

Associated Press

Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years on tour, giving Commissioner Jay Monahan key support as he rebuilds trust while forging ahead with details of a business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf. Woods will become a sixth player director — a year ago, the PGA Tour had only …

1 year, 8 months ago

PGA Tour-LIV Golf Tie-Up Under US Senate Panel Scanner Over Saudi Involvement

News 18

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has agreed to invest more than $1 billion in a new commercial entity controlled by the PGA Tour, and Greg Norman will be ousted as the CEO of LIV Golf if the business deal between the Saudis and the tour is finalized, a tour executive told Congress on Tuesday. Asked by Blumenthal how much money …

1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi investment in PGA Tour will top $1 billion. And Norman will exit as LIV’s CEO, tour exec says

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has agreed to invest more than $1 billion in a new commercial entity controlled by the PGA Tour, and Greg Norman will be ousted as the CEO of LIV Golf if the business deal between the Saudis and the tour is finalized, a tour executive told Congress on Tuesday. Asked by Blumenthal how …

1 year, 8 months ago

Ousting Norman, giving Woods and McIlroy LIV teams were discussed with PGA Tour, documents show

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

Stephenson resigns from PGA Tour board over 'serious concerns' about Saudi deal, according to report

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

Stephenson resigns from PGA Tour board over ‘serious concerns’ about Saudi deal, according to report

Associated Press

Former AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson resigned from the PGA Tour’s policy board over concerns about the tour’s proposed partnership with Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The Post said it obtained a copy of his letter that was dated Saturday and said the tour’s framework agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund “is not one that …

1 year, 8 months ago

Jay Monahan to return to PGA Tour commissioner role after month break

The Hindu

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is returning to work just over a month after he stepped away for a “medical situation,” saying a two-year battle that ended in a surprise agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf had been “grueling for all of us.” Monahan informed the PGA Tour’s policy board, players and staff Friday evening that he will …

1 year, 8 months ago

PGA officials, but not LIV, to testify before US lawmakers

The Hindu

US PGA Tour officials Jimmy Dunne and Ron Price will speak before a US Senate hearing into the PGA merger deal with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, lawmakers said on Monday. Testimony had been sought from LIV chief executive Greg Norman and Saudi Public Investment Fund governor Yasir al-Rumayyan but neither will appear at the July 11 hearing. Price, the …

1 year, 9 months ago

PGA Tour will appear before a Senate panel investigating its deal with Saudi backers of LIV

The Independent

1 year, 9 months ago

PGA Tour will appear before a Senate panel investigating its deal with Saudi backers of LIV

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The PGA Tour said Wednesday that it would appear next month before a Senate subcommittee whose leader asked executives from the tour, Saudi golf interests and LIV Golf to testify as Congress investigates the business deal that upended the sport. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced that the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations would hold a hearing on July …

1 year, 9 months ago

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan recovering from medical issue, cedes day-to-day control

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is recovering from a medical situation that led him to turn over control to two of his top executives, the tour announced Tuesday night. The tour did not disclose the nature of the medical situation or how serious it was, only that its board “fully supports Jay and appreciates everyone respecting his …

1 year, 9 months ago

Monahan tells US lawmakers that PGA Tour was left on its own to fend off Saudis

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Commissioner Jay Monahan has told congressional members the PGA Tour was “left on our own” to fend off Saudi Arabia’s bid to take over the sport with LIV Golf because of the United States’ geopolitical alliance with the kingdom. Monahan sent the letter to various lawmakers on June 9, three days after the PGA Tour’s stunning announcement …

1 year, 9 months ago

Power broker Jimmy Dunne with 9/11 history helped get PGA and Saudis to the table

Associated Press

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, sat beside each other during a CNBC interview wearing comfortable smiles of longtime friends. “I would ask any player who left, or any player that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?” Monahan …

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6 days, 1 hour ago

Rory McIlroy clinches his second Players Championship title outlasting JJ Spaun over a dramatic three-hole playoff - after the American found the water on the infamous 17th hole

Daily Mail

Rory McIlroy outlasted JJ Spaun over a three-hole playoff to win his second Players Championship title on Monday morning. It is McIlroy's 28th PGA Tour title and second this year, with the 35-year-old Northern Irishman coming into a brilliant vein of form three weeks out from this year's Masters. Rory McIlroy claimed his second Players Championship title and his second …

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6 days, 15 hours ago

How Rory McIlroy dealt with the pressure to win another Players Championship

New York Times

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — It wasn’t a good sleep, but it was the sleep that Rory McIlroy needed to win his second Players Championship. Only journeyman Spaun and McIlroy’s brain stood in the way of perhaps his biggest victory since his 2019 Players win when he retired to his hotel room on Sunday evening. “Standing over that tee shot …

Players Play Win Hit Left Shot Rory Mcilroy

6 days, 15 hours ago

Rory McIlroy secures second Players Championship title

India Today

The playoff was only three holes. “By no means did I have my best stuff this week,” McIlroy said after becoming the eighth multiple winner of The Players. “I never thought it was long.” So ended a memorable week at golf’s richest tournament, where thousands of spectators showed up in the cold and wind for 47 minutes of golf between …

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Rory McIlroy faces nail-biting Players Championship playoff with JJ Spaun after dramatic climax at TPC Sawgrass

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6 days, 16 hours ago

Rory McIlroy faces nail-biting Players Championship playoff with JJ Spaun after dramatic climax at TPC Sawgrass

Daily Mail

If Rory McIlroy is to claim his biggest win in six years, he will need to prevail in a Monday play-off against a journeyman whose resilience would put most boulders to shame. As a 12-year pro who has never finished higher than 23rd in a major, JJ Spaun, 34, won't be excessively familiar to the casual audience, but across four …

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Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun tie at The Players Championship to set up Monday playoff

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6 days, 18 hours ago