Adam Scott’s mirror for the PGA Tour-Liv Agreement paints a clearer picture of where the talks lie.
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Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. – A few hours after PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan avoids a series of questions about the state of PGA Tour Talks with Saudi Arabic Investment Fund (PIF)Adam Scott entered the germ in the TPC saw and again drew the curtain as to why things have stopped the ground.
“I think the biggest hanging is the way we see the highest level of competitive golf that goes ahead,” said Scott, player-regional council of PGA Tour’s advisory council, who, along with Monahan, recently met with President Donald Trump to discuss negotiations. “The Liv product and the PGA Tour product work in very different ways. So I think the challenge is to understand how it can be united and reunited, which is a kind for which everyone is shooting for. “
Last month at Pebble Beach, Monahan hit a safe tone When you discuss reunification of golf under “a tour”. that Tony has been moved since then While both sides appear to be locked in a stalemate over what the future will look like and what is the role of the Livi Livi team in that reality.
While Monahan, Scott and the rest of the PGA Tour negotiating team want to heal the wounds that shattered the professional game, they seem to have begun to realize that the great reunion can last a long time.
“I think it’s part of the block of obstacles,” Scott said. “The tour is very careful and respect for everyone and wants to give everyone, golf and media and players, the product they want. But we’re starting from two different sides of this, so I think it’s hard to find the balance that is acceptable to everyone.
While both sides appear to be digging again, Monahan and PGA Tour – accumulated from improved ratings and early winning with big names like Rory Mcilroy and Ludwig Aberg – will plow forward, seeking to capitalize and build their momentum.
PIF and LIV can come together, or not.
“I think there is an emergency for a result, no matter what,” Scott said. “I think this would be in the best interest of everyone, to be honest, whether you are a PIF or a player anywhere or PGA Tour. I think it just doesn’t need to last. I think there are positive things that happen in the game and in PGA Tour, and it may continue to happen.
“I feel like there is more feeling no matter what happens to these conversations and negotiations that go ahead, the tournament must move forward too. It cannot stand just a kind of attitude in limbo. We have to do the best we can, and I think you are seeing it.”
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When Liv Golf appeared and shattered the sport three years ago, PGA Tour found himself fighting for survival against an opponent with money and willingness to bleed the dry ones. But almost two years after the Framework Agreement and three since the arrival of LIV, PGA Tour has stabilized itself and believes it is in a position of strength as the Golf League in the world.
When asked about the movement of Australian Comrade Cam Smith in Liv and the lack of buzzing since his defense, Scott showed one of the biggest arrows in PGA Tour’s vibration in the civil conflict.
“They look happy doing what they are doing,” Scott told Smith and Comrade Aussie Marc Leishman. “But I think it’s a visible thing, the change in the platform they have is important that we don’t hear from them so much or hear what they have to do. You know, it was one of the consequences, good or bad, that came with moving there and away from PGA Tour.”
Last week, Mcilroy said PGA Tour “did not need a deal”. He wants a deal. Golf sport would benefit from one. But PGA Tour himself does not need one to survive now that he has found its base.
During his opening words Tuesday, Monahan said the reunification talks “are true” and remain in the following. The PGA Tour commissioner admitted that there are parts of Liv Golf that they may want to “integrate” into the PGA Tour, but they will not do so if it “reduces the strength” of the tournament or “very real moment”.
This is the PGA Tour position. Or at least its public behavior as it appears to project strength in negotiations. They want to unite the game but can’t wait to happen.
The player championship and the address of Monahan’s “State of the Tournament” is a prism to see the whole year of golf through. The last three years have seen the tournament go from denial and protection in the face of an existential threat to declare victory without a loud sound. The annual Eddo Edict was finally given by the actions that followed.
But on Tuesday, hours after Monahan revealed a little about the state of a PGA Tour-Liv agreement, Scott offered a sobering of where things stand, and the form of negotiations began to look different.
The reunion can be right around the corner, or can never come. But this may not be the only focus of the tournament. No more.
