Why a Donald Trump victory would be good for golf’s merger deal

Regardless of the identity of the Republican nominee, you are more likely to find the vast majority of the elite male professional golfers switching to a Pinnacle Gold than ever voting for a Democrat in a US election. And this time around there is even more reason for these multi-millionaires to cheer on a President Trump buggy ride back into the White House. In short, if the controversial 78-year-old is successful in gaining another term, the Department of Justice would be much more minded to giving the green light to a deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund and so herald peace for a game that has for so long been divided. Of course, there will be many who believe that the ending of golf’s civil war should not take priority in this face-off, but professional men’s golf lives in its own bubble and as players watch the results roll in, they will not be thinking of Barack Obama’s statements or those of Bill Clinton, Joe Biden or even Bruce Springsteen – but of Rory McIlroy’s words from last month.