The former captain of the Ryder Cup, Paul McGinley, warned that the reunification between the PGA Tour, Liv Golf and the DP World Tour would take time to finalize, but is necessary to put an end to a period “ ridicule ” in The professional male game.
Discussions have continued since the signing of a framework agreement in June 2023 between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund for Saudi Arabia (PIF) – which has financed the Liv Golf League since its launch in the previous June.
The PGA Tour commissioner, Jay Monahan, and the director of players Adam Scott met last month with President Donald Trump, who would have previously been quoted that he could resolve the gap between tours in “15 minutes”.
Tiger Woods said that male game can “heal quickly” with Trump’s involvement, former world n ° 1 indicating that negotiations to end the civil war of golf are in a “very positive place”.
“I think he will walk here before I start running together”, McGinley said to the golf podcast Sky Sports. “There may well be a kind of ad where there will be a higher level of engagement between the two groups [PGA Tour and PIF].
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“It is probably more likely that it can start with this and give them a little more time to understand how you will get a global calendar and a molding of the two visits, in particular the role that the DP world tour will be playing in there .
“It seems that things come together. And none of them can be happy.”
How was golf affected by the ditch?
The players who participate in the Liv Golf League were suspended from the presentation of the PGA Tour, notably Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Bryson Dechambeau and Tyrrell Hatton, reducing the best players in the world who were able to compete together in recent seasons.
“The only people who are happy in the past three or four years are the players,” added McGinley. “They made an absolute fortune on both sides – including the DP World Tour compared to what they were before Liv – so they really have, really enjoying it, but everyone lost.
“The sponsors have lost because they must spend more money. The media has lost, with declining figures and sponsoring money. The public has lost because they have to pay more money for their tickets and Access to go to these tournaments.
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Rory McILroy thinks that the introduction of golf LIV has benefited players financially, but thinks that everyone should now start to hope to unify the male game
“The public on television suffers because they have diluted products all the time, the players come together for the four majors and perhaps the Ryder Cup. Nobody wins here except the players and it is not durable.
“The price funds that take place in the golf right now are not durable during a tour. Everyone says that the Saudis have money and that they will launch millions and millions, but They are not a charity.
“To a large extent, they [Saudis] made a lot of noise. To a large extent, they have what they wanted, which had to obtain respect. To a large extent, they have won many ways and the PGA Tour has lost many ways. There is certainly a time now for everything to meet. “”
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R&A has announced the qualification paths for the 153rd open to Royal Portrush, with a new category introduced for players in competition in Liv golf to secure a place
Is it time to contract the best in the world?
The Liv Golf League has largely the same area every week, with players who signed contracts and their schedule, but could it be a cross solution to make the best in the world do it more often?
“Golf as a business has radically changed,” said McGinley. “One of the things I would like to see the change, and this is one of the things I think Liv is absolutely right, is the contractual players.
“With the idea of independent merchants, where players choose and choose when and where they want to play, there is no other sport that prosperous where it happens. People speak that we want to follow the” Formula “, But tell me when a pilot is still missing a race?
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Rory McILroy said in November that Donald Trump could help negotiate an agreement to unify the male game
“Also, imagine Mo Salah dictating himself in Liverpool and I will” I don’t want to play Newcastle. It’s too cold up there. I don’t want to go there in February and play this game. My wife likes to go to London, and I’m going to play and play the London matches because it’s great and I like this city.
“This is what is happening in golf. The players make 100% decisions themselves and I don’t think it’s good for sport and it’s not good for tours. Control of visits In terms of calendars that the best players play.
Listen to Paul McGinley’s full interview on the latest edition of the Podcast Sky Sports Golf, organized every week by Jamie Weir. Subscribe now on Apple podcasts,, Spotify Or Skullwhile vodcast editions can be found on the Sky Sports Golf YouTube Channe.
