Tour pro 'likes idea' of PGA Tour going own way and LIV Golf merging with DP World Tour
Report: LIV Golf star Adrian Meronk open to the idea of the PGA Tour going its own way and all other Tours coming together in the future.
Adrian Meronk admits he 'likes the idea' of the PGA Tour going its own way and LIV Golf, the DP World Tour and Asian Tour all potentially coming together in the future.
LIV Golf star Meronk, 31, made his feelings be known to Golf Digest's John Huggan ahead of competing in this week's season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
As it stands, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf's bankrollers, the Saudi PIF, remain in talks to thrash out a new deal in a bid to help unify the professional game.
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But as talks continue to stall, there are some wild rumours going round the industry at the moment that the PGA Tour could end up going alone, and the DP World Tour could potentially form a worldwide tour with LIV Golf and the Asian Tour moving forwards.
That is music to the ears of Meronk.
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“I would love to see some sort of cooperation between the tours,” Meronk told Golf Digest.
“All the fines and not having proper World Rankings makes no sense. I don’t even look at the rankings anymore. But, on the other hand, it wouldn’t be the worst thing if the PGA Tour went its own way and everyone else got together and created a worldwide tour everywhere except the United States. I like that idea. It would be awesome. The Asian Tour is flourishing right now, so maybe that will happen."
While Meronk is unsure what the future holds for the professional game, he admits his sole focus will be on LIV Golf in 2025.
"I have enjoyed my time there on the Cleeks team," said Meronk.
"The competition is strong, especially at the top end. To finish in the top 10, you have to play very good golf. I played just okay this year and finished only 18th [with earning just short of $5.5 million] on the money list. But I certainly have no regrets about the decision I made.”
The giant Pole was let back onto the DP World Tour recently alongside his LIV Golf peers Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton.
That was after the trio appealed their fines for having joined the Saudi-bankrolled LIV Golf League last season.
Meronk is ranked 43rd in the Race to Dubai heading into this week's final event of the season.
He is working alongside new golf swing coach Jerome Theunis.
Meronk was agonisingly denied a wildcard pick in the 2023 European Ryder Cup team by Luke Donald.
It was a call that he took to heart, but he is just about over it now.
"Not making the Ryder Cup team definitely opened my eyes to the fact that I need to focus on myself, my career, my game and my life," Meronk told Huggan.
"I realized that the Ryder Cup is not the most important thing in the world. I would love to play, and if I perform well enough next year I could qualify. But it’s not my priority. Before the last match it was all I thought about. I was checking the rankings every week."
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