(Via Mediaite)
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan expects the golf community to eventually warm up to the organization’s stunning merger with LIV Golf.
The rival companies shocked the sports world on Tuesday when they announced they reached an agreement to join forces. Appearing with Public Investment Fund Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan on CNBC, Monahan was asked by David Faber if he thinks the immediate response to the news will be positive. Faber also asked for Monahan’s response to the eventual claims that the Saudis “control golf around the world.”
“A lot of people have been reading about the tension,” Monahan said. “And we’ve talked a lot, and I said previously that we were going down our path and they were going down theirs. And today, that tension goes away. The litigation is dropped. We’re announcing to the world that on behalf of this game, we’re coming together.