LIV Golf told 'ship is sinking' with latest PGA Tour-PIF report

Golf fans have been reacting to the latest wild report about the future of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. 

According to the Guardian's Ewan Murray, LIV's financiers - the Saudi PIF - reportedly wrote a letter to the PGA Tour's top brass last week with a seismic offer. 

The PIF offered to invest $1.5bn in the PGA Tour's for-profit entity in exchange for assurances the breakaway tour can carry on unchanged. 

Moreover, LIV also wanted their mastermind and Saudi PIF governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, to be named as the co-chairman of PGA Tour Enterprises. 

Murray reports the North American circuit rejected the offer. 

"LIV needs to give up," one fan wrote on X. "Just dissolve. Fans deserve to see Bryson and Brooks tee it up with the best."

Another added: "It's become abundantly clear that LIV is a failed venture and the Saudi PIF will put enormous pressure on MBS to pull the pull. 

"The PGA Tour knows the realities and will just sit by as it self destructs in front of them. There's no need to offer a lifeline."

This person wrote: "At this point, with no new departures, no one is watching LIV, it's ludicrous to think there will be any settlement. 

"The PGA Tour is missing about four players but has 144 others."

Others seemed to suggest that it would make more sense for the European-based DP World Tour to strike a deal with the PIF. 

Before the golf wars began, it is understood the PIF previously wanted to invest in the DP World Tour. 

Key figures from the DP World Tour and Golf Saudi officials met in Malta in the summer of 2021 but no formal offer was made. 

What have LIV Golf said about the latest report?

LIV Golf have not commented but their recently appointed chief executive, Scot O'Neil, spoke about the negotiations before their event this week in Miami. 

"Do we have to do a deal? No. It would be nice to do a deal, so long as we're all focused on the same things."

O'Neil, who replaced Greg Norman, is not directly involved in negotiations. 

What have the players said?

Tiger Woods expressed optimism in February that an agreement would be reached and the split in the men's game would heal quickly. 

But Rory McIlroy quickly torpedoed that suggestion by saying that 'it takes two to tango'. 

Webb Simpson later expressed frustration about the breakdown in talks. 

Commissioner Jay Monahan used his annual news conference before the 2025 Players Championship to suggest that the PGA Tour had the upper hand.