Donald Trump is the main mediator in the negotiations between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, hoping that this sport would finally get back on its feet and move in the right direction.
The US president arrived at the Doral resort for the LIV Golf event, stressing that the best thing for the sport is the unification of the two Tours. The Republican leader expressed optimism that these two "warring" parties will unite and finally move into a new future together.
Ultimately, hopefully, the two tours are going to merge. Thatll be good. Im involved in that too, Trump said, as quoted by Washington Post.
But hopefully were going to get the two tours to merge. You have the PGA Tour and the LIV Tour. And I think having them merge would be a great thing.
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Donald Trump's arrival
Yesterday, the US president arrived at this course in a golf cart, and many fans greeted him with applause. The US president was supposed to give a speech to LIV Golf players, although it is not yet known what kind.
It seems that Trump calls for patience, aware that the final agreement will not be easily reached. Namely, both sides do not seem open to compromise, nor do they want to give in to their demands, and such an atmosphere does not particularly inspire optimism that things will get better.
Nevertheless, Trump is a person who has been an important political figure for years, and it seems that he wants to apply his 'politics' to this story as well.
The information that the PIF sent an offer of 1.5 million dollars to the PGA Tour to make a compromise caused an avalanche of reaction.
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Namely, the PGA Tour rejected such an offer, especially because such an offer also requires that the main man of PIF, Yasir Al-Rumayan, become co-chairman of PGA Tour Enterprises. This is not the outcome that the leaders of the strongest Tour in the world want to see.
