President Donald Trump expressed optimism Saturday 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—PresidentDonaldTrumpsaidonSaturdaythereisa“goodchance”ofresolvingaschismbetweenthePGATourandSaudi-backedLIVGolfafterhisdiscussionswiththepartiesaboutthedispute.
AtaWhiteHousedinnerforvisitingstategovernors,TrumpwasaskedbyFloridaRepublicanGovernorRonDeSantiswhetherabreakthroughwaspossible.
“Ithinkthere’sagoodchancethatwe’lldothat,”Trumpsaid.“Ithinkthere’saverygoodchance.”
ThePGAToursaidonThursdayithada“constructiveworkingsession”attheWhiteHousewithTrumpandLIVGolfChairmanYasirAl-Rumayyanoneffortstoresolvetheschismthatexistsbetweenthetwoprofessionalgolfbodies.GolfersTigerWoodsandAdamScottandPGACommissionerJayMonahanalsoattended.
LIVGolfattractedsomeoftheworld’stopgolfersafteritwasfoundedin2021.ThebestplayersfrombothLIVandthePGATouronlycompeteagainsteachotheratgolf’sfour
