President Donald Trump expressed optimism that the schism between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf would be resolved.
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Feb 22, 2025, 09:22 PM ET
WASHINGTON—PresidentDonaldTrumpsaidSaturdaythereisa“goodchance”ofresolvingaschismbetweenthePGATourandSaudi-backedLIVGolfafterhisdiscussionswiththepartiesaboutthedispute.
AtaWhiteHousedinnerforvisitingstategovernors,TrumpwasaskedbyFloridaRepublicanGov.RonDeSantiswhetherabreakthroughwaspossible.
“Ithinkthere’sagoodchancethatwe’lldothat,”Trumpsaid.“Ithinkthere’saverygoodchance.”
ThePGAToursaidThursdaythatithada“constructiveworkingsession”attheWhiteHousewithTrumpandLIVGolfchairmanYasirAl-Rumayyanoneffortstoresolvetheschismthatexistsbetweenthetwoprofessionalgolfbodies.TigerWoods,AdamScottandPGATourcommissionerJayMonahanalsoattended.
LIVGolfattractedsomeoftheworld’stopgolfersafteritwasfoundedin2021.ThebestplayersfromLIVandthePGATourcompeteagainsteachotheronlyatgolf’sfourmajors,andeffortsareb
