Golf: PGA Tour works to extend 'active and productive' Saudi merger talks
Golf: PGA Tour works to extend 'active and productive' Saudi merger talks
On Sunday (Dec 31), the PGA Tour worked hardto extend a deadline into 2024 in a bid to finalisea merger agreement with Saudi Arabian investors, with tour commissioner Jay Monahan labelling the talks "active and productive." The players were updatedin a memo which came from Manmohan hours beforethe New Yearto approve a framework agreement merging the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) thatfinances the upstart LIV Golf League.
An update on the PGA Tour website regarding talks said the memo, whichwasreportedly obtained by The Golf Channel and ESPN, put forward the efforts to extend the deadline into 2024. Monahan said in his memo, "While we had initially set a deadline of December 31, 2023, to reach an agreement, we are working to extend our negotiations into next year based on the progress we have made to date."
In addition, Monahanfurther opined that the PGA Tour had made "meaningful progress" in separate negotiations to have Strategic Sports Group (SSG) become a tour minority investor. His memo states that the goal remains to have PIF, the DP World Tour and SSG become minority co-investors in PGA Tour Enterprises in the new calendar year.
"These partnerships will allow us to unify, innovate and invest in the game for the benefit of the players, fans and sponsors,"highlighted Monahan.
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Earlier, ESPN reported the SSG would invest as many as $3 billion into the new entity. It, thus, suggests that itwould be financed to more than $7 billion if the PIF investment were also taken into account. It is to be noted that the PGA Tour has been in negotiations with PIF since June with a stated Dec31 deadline on final details of a merger agreement. The development stunned one and all as many PGA Tour playersdemandedand acquired greater input in final approval of the deal.
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In Dec2023, Spain's Jon Rahm --the reigning Masters champion --made heads turn when he switchedfrom the PGA Tour to LIV Golf. This also indicated of how things could shape upin 2024 withmore talents set to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. It already comprises the likes of Cameron Smith, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia,etc.