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Tiger Woods takes charge of players’ voice in golf merger talks as DP World Tour frozen out

The DP World Tour is still waiting to be granted an exclusive place at the negotiating table after Tiger Woods was confirmed as the sole player who will be involved in the PGA Tour’s crunch summits with the Saudi Public Investment Fund.

TigerWoodsisthesoleplayeronthePGATour’snegotiatingteam–GettyImages/WarrenLittleTheDPWorldTourisstillwaitingtobegrantedanexclusiveplaceatthenegotiatingtableafterTigerWoodswasconfirmedasthesoleplayerwhowillbeinvolvedinthePGATour’scrunchsummitswiththeSaudiPublicInvestmentFund. GuyKinnings,theWentworthchiefexecutive,recentlyurgedtherespectivepartiestoget“therightpeoplewiththerightintentintoaroomtotryandfindasolution[toreachapeacedeal]”andwhenaskedwhichorganisationsshouldbeinthetalkshesaidthataswellasthethePGATourandPIF,theDPWorldTourshouldbeinvolved. However,despiteJayMonahan,thePGATourcommissioner,alsobeingamemberoftheDPWorldTourboard–andtheDPWorldTourbeingalong-standing‘strategicalliance’partnerwiththePGATour–theEuropeancircuitwillnothaveadedicatedrepresentative