PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf: How close is a deal to reunify the men’s game and what could happen next? | Golf News happymamay

The former Rider Cup captain, Paul McGinley, warned of the uniformity between the PGA, LIV GOLF and DP World Tour time to finish, but there is a need to end a “ridiculous” period in the professional game of men.

The talks have been going on since the signing of a framework agreement in June 2023 between PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) – who have funded the Golf Lev League since its launch last June.

PgA Jay Monohan and director of Adam Scott last month met with President Donald Trump, who previously quoted him as saying that he could solve the gap between the rounds in “15 minutes”.

Tiger Woods said that the game of men can “heal quickly” with Trump’s participation, as the previous world No. 1 indicates that negotiations to end the golf war in a “very positive place”.

“I think there will be walking here before they start running together,” McGinley Tell Sky SPORTS GOLF PODCAST. “There may be a kind of advertisement as there will be a higher level of participation between the two groups [PGA Tour and PIF].

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“It is possible that it will come from that and give them more time to see how you will get a global schedule and say the two rounds, especially the role you will play by DP World Tour Play in that.

“It seems that things are gathering. It seems that there is pressure that is practiced until that happens, and we hope that this happens because at this moment of time, it is absurd what is going on. There is no prosperous tour – all of them struggle and none of them can be happy.” .

How was the golf game affected by the gap?

The players who compete in the Golf Lev League were suspended from its offer on the PGA tour, including John Ram, Brooks Koyk, Prison Deschambo and Terrill Hatton, which reduced the best players in the world who managed to compete together in recent seasons.

“The only people who are happy in the past three or four years are the players,” Mac Jinley added. “They have achieved absolute fortune on both sides – including the DP World tour compared to what they were before Lev – so they really benefited here, but everyone lost.

“The sponsors have lost, because they have to spend more money. The media has lost, with the display of numbers that decrease and take care of money. To go to these championships.

“The audience watching on the TV suffers because they are watching reduced products all the time, as the players meet with the four specialties and perhaps the Ryder Cup. No one wins here except for the players and this is not sustainable.

“The prize money that takes place in the golf game is currently not sustainable in any tour. Everyone says that the Saudis have money and will throw millions and millions, but they are not a charity.

“How much, they are [Saudis] I made a lot of noise. To a large extent, they have what they want, which is to obtain respect. To a large extent, they won several ways and lost the PGA tour in many ways. There is certainly time for everything together. “

It’s time to contract with the best in the world?

The Golf Level League has a largely every week, as players signed contracts and fill their schedule, but can this be a crossed solution to get the best in the world that bring together more?

“The golf has changed as a commercial business radically,” Mac Jinley explained. “One of the things I would like to see the change, one of the things I think is completely right, is to contract with the players.

“With the idea of ​​independent merchants, where the players choose and choose when and where they want to play, there is no other sport that flourishes as this happens. A driver misses the race before?

Also, imagine Mo Salah dictates Liverpool and go, “I don’t want to play Newcastle. The atmosphere is very cold there. I don’t want to go there in February and play that game. My wife loves to go to London, and I will play London matches because this is great and I love that city.

“This is what is happening in the golf game. Players make decisions by 100 percent themselves and I do not think that this is a good matter for sports and not good for tours. I would like to see a set of business model in the golf game, so there is a type to control the tours in terms of tables that he plays Best players.

Listen to the full Paul McGinley interview in the latest version of The Sky SPORTS GOLF PODCAST, which he hosts every week by Jimmy Ware. Subscribe now Apple podcastand Spotify or SprayWhile VodCAST versions can be found on Sky Sports Golf YouTube.