PGA Tour boss Jay Monahan told he should resign after latest LIV comments
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has suggested LIV Golf players could return to the fold soon as part of one unified circuit.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan appeared to hit a nerve with golf fans over his recent comments about how LIV players could be welcomed back into the fold.
Monahan met with reporters before the first round of the Genesis Invitational to provide a rare update on how talks with LIV's financiers are developing.
The 54-year-old recently went on an excursion to the White House with player director Adam Scott to ask Donald Trump to intervene and expedite an agreement between the warring tours.
Rory McIlroy has since made the shock claim that Trump is actually on the North American's side in golf's civil war despite his close ties to the Saudis.
Monahan has now made it clear that the best thing - in the long run - is to simply have one global tour where all the best players compete.
He certainly did not sound like a man that envisages the Tour and LIV coexisting as anything close to equals.
"Listen, if you think about what the fans want, the fans want reunification," Monahan said.
"That’s what we're focused on. We've operated in a world where there’s more than one and the PGA Tour has performed very well.
"But in the long run, is that the best thing for fans? Is that the best thing for the game? We're trying to solve it so everybody benefits."
Monahan's comments received a mixed reaction from Golf Twitter.
One argued: "Yeah, let's just go back to pre-LIV and the PGA Tour running a racket and screwing everyone and pro golf."
This person wrote: "It would really be a good start to just get rid of Monahan."
Another said: "How is Jay still the commissioner?!"
Here's some more comments:
"Jay is not a leader, period."
"This is pure comedy."
"Yeah, let's just get back to one tour where all the players only play in the United States. Not."
"How does he still have a job? He has butchered this since day one."
"The fans will never forgive him."
"How long is the PGA Tour going to be run by this incompetent fool?"
LIV Golf nearing losses of $5bn
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund are nearing losses of $5bn, according to a report.
The Money in Sport newsletter, published on 13 February, has done a deep dive on LIV's financials that were recently filed in the United Kingdom.
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