Tiger Woods expressed disappointment on Tuesday on the delay in finalising a PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger however stated “issues are shifting” within the bid to bridge the worldwide divide in males’s golf.
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“I feel all of us who’ve been part of this course of would have thought it might have occurred faster than this,” Woods, a vice chairman of the PGA Tour Enterprises board, stated as he spoke to reporters on the Hero World Problem within the Bahamas.
“However we want we might have had one thing extra concrete and additional alongside than we’re proper now,” he stated.
“However issues are very fluid, we’re nonetheless working via it, it’s occurring each day.
“From a coverage board standpoint or from an enterprise standpoint, issues are shifting they usually’re constructive. However sure, positively shifting.” Woods famous any settlement between the US PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Funding Fund — backers of the breakaway LIV Golf circuit — would nonetheless require approval from the US Division of Justice’s anti-trust division.
“Even when we had gotten a deal achieved by now, it’s nonetheless within the DOJ’s palms,” he stated.
A controversial framework merger settlement was introduced in June 2023 by US PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan however regardless of an easing of tensions between the warring factions no deal has been finalised with the PIF headed by Yasir Al-Rumayyan.
Northern Eire star Rory McIlroy voiced the hope final month that US President-elect Donald Trump may assist finish the stand-off amid media studies the PIF was ready to take a position over a billion {dollars} within the newly shaped PGA Tour Enterprise.
“I feel that clears the way in which a bit bit,” McIlroy stated.
“Clearly Trump has an incredible relationship with Saudi Arabia. He’s bought an incredible relationship with golf … who is aware of?”