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PGA works to extend 'active and productive' Saudi merger talks
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» WASHINGTON - The PGA Tour worked Sunday to extend a deadline into 2024 for finalizing a merger agreement with Saudi Arabian investors, tour commissioner Jay Monahan calling talks "active and productive."
LIV Golf bid for ranking points rejected by official body
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - LIV Golf's bid to be recognised by the sport's global rankings body has been rejected, the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) organisation confirmed on Tuesday.
PGA Tour chief confident of Saudi deal by December deadline
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» MIAMI - PGA Tour chief executive Jay Monahan said Tuesday he is confident of meeting a Dec 31 deadline to hammer out details of the tour's merger with Saudi-backed LIV Golf.
PGA Tour, LIV backers drop no-poaching clause from deal
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» MIAMI - The PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund have dropped a provision from their framework agreement that barred LIV Golf and the Tour from recruiting each other's players, the PGA Tour confirmed Thursday.
PGA board member resigns over 'serious concerns' on LIV deal: report
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - Randall Stephenson, a former AT&T chief executive, reportedly has resigned his PGA Tour Policy Board position over "serious concerns" about the tour's controversial deal with LIV Golf's Saudi backers.
US lawmakers call PGA, LIV chiefs, Saudi backers to testify
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: United States lawmakers on Wednesday invited the chiefs of the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to testify at a hearing looking into their shock deal that has rocked the golf world.
PGA-LIV deal has US lawmakers asking for more details
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers began an investigation Thursday into the shock merger of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, taking aim at tax breaks.
Focus turns to US Open challenge amid global golf turmoil
AFP, Published on 15/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES: The 123rd US Open tees off on Thursday at Los Angeles Country Club with global golf gripped by suspense worthy of a Hollywood script.
PGA Tour chief Monahan steps back due to 'medical situation'
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Under-fire PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan is stepping away from day-to-day operations of the tour as he recovers from an undisclosed medical situation, a statement said Tuesday.
Rahm, Koepka seek to keep US Open focus amid merger turmoil
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Jon Rahm says the merger of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf's Saudi backers has left golfers in limbo, but Brooks Koepka is not daunted by a little "chaos" at this week's US Open.