Report: Tour pros offer standing ovation after Jay told to quit over LIV deal!
Several PGA Tour pros reportedly cheered when it was suggested Jay Monahan resign after a landmark deal was struck to merge with LIV Golf.
Several PGA Tour pros reportedly cheered and gave a standing ovation when one player called for Jay Monahan to resign after he took questions from the membership over the bombshell decision to partner with LIV Golf.
A players only meeting was always scheduled for 4pm on 6 June ahead of the RBC Canadian Open but things got even spicier after it was confirmed earlier in day the PGA Tour and DP World Tour had agreed a landmark deal with LIV Golf's Saudi backers, the PIF.
Monahan has already admitted he knows he will be labelled a hypocrite for the stunning U-turn. This is what he had to say when he was asked how he could look players such as Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods in the eye.
Reports are slowly beginning to filter through from what happened inside the walls of the heated meeting in Toronto.
One player is said to have called for Monahan to resign, which led to a number of cheers from the membership, according to Golf Digest.
Johnson Wagner, who is a 43-year-old PGA Tour veteran, told Golf Channel he listened to the meeting via speakerphone and felt as though the membership was 90-10 against the decision.
Elsewhere, 2006 U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy also told Golf Channel that Monahan 'took it well' when he was told he was a hypocrite.
He told the publication:
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Of Monahan, Ogilvy added:
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