PGA Tour chief Jay Monahan ruled out the prospect of making peace with LIV Golf, saying it is “off the table”.
The established circuit is the subject of an antitrust lawsuit by a number of LIV players, as well as the Saudi-backed rebel tour itself.
Monahan has come down hard on those defecting to the breakaway league, handing out indefinite suspensions to any member who plays.
“Listen, I think I’ve been pretty clear on this: I don’t see it happening,” Monahan told Golf Channel ahead of this week’s Presidents Cup.
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“When you look at where we are, and you think about words and actions, we’re currently in a lawsuit, so coming together and having conversations, to me, that card is off the table, and it has been for a long period of time.”
Last week Greg Norman, the rebel tour’s commissioner, accused Monahan of attempting to “destroy” LIV and claimed he would no longer negotiate.
The upstart circuit has been the subject of accusations of sportswashing thanks to its inextricable links to the Saudi government, which bankrolls it through its public investment fund.
But when Monahan was asked what was stopping the tours working together, he…
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