Former President Donald Trump gestures to fans from a hospitality suite on the eighteenth green while standing next to Yasir Al-Rumayyan during the first round of the LIV Golf DC 2023 tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
GolfBy Sean Keeley on

When it was announced that LIV Golf and the PGA Tour would be merging, the assumption was that LIV had served its purpose and would eventually go away.

However, it sounds like that might not be the case after all.

According to Sports Illustrated, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), has made it clear to players that he wants LIV to continue in the future.

“[LIV] is my ****ing baby,” Rumayyan reportedly told players.

According to a clause in the agreement between the PGA Tour and PIF, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has. a say in LIV’s future. However, Monahan took an extended absence after the deal over health concerns, though many have speculated that is the first step in his removal from the organization.

“Yasir Al-Rumayyan reportedly assured LIV team captains yesterday that the league is here to stay, despite a framework agreement with the PGA TOUR containing a clause that says commissioner Jay Monahan will have discretion to decide its future. (Via Sports Illustrated),” NUCLRGOLF tweeted Friday.

Meanwhile, LIV CEO Greg Norman and Al-Rumayyan were spotted together in a golf cart last week at Valderrama, so the two seem to remain close even as the golf world changes around them.

There were some strong reactions to the report that LIV might last beyond this season.

https://twitter.com/thepenaltydrop/status/1674897316782788614

[Sports Illustrated, NUCLR GOLF]

About Sean Keeley

Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Editorial Strategy Director for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.

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