Jimmy Dunne says that Jay Monahan will decide LIV Golf’s future and also insisted the Saudi investors partnering with the PGA Tour had no links to 9/11 – as he revealed more details of the deal that rocked the sport.
The man behind brokering the PGA Tour deal with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has been doing the media rounds to explain some of the finer points of the arrangement – including how Monahan will decided LIV Golf’s future.
Dunne told Sports Illustrated “If Monahan wants to disband LIV, he can” while he also launched a staunch defence of dealing with Saudi Arabia despite their links to 9/11.
The independent director on the PGA Tour policy board was personally affected by the terror attacks on New York, but says the PIF he dealt with had no involvement, even adding: “If someone can find someone who unequivocally was involved with it, I’ll kill them myself.”
No way on God’s green earth we’d give up control
A main topic of the agreement has been just who will control the game of golf going forward, with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan being chairman and Monahan CEO.
Dunne insists that the PIF are coming in as minority investors, and that there’s no way Monahan would relinquish control of the PGA Tour
“Under the heading of insane, you can put that one,” Dunne told the Golf Channel.
“To quote Yasir, Jay Monahan is the CEO of the Tour. Under the new agreement we’re going to explore new opportunities, but the Tour will always maintain control – 100 percent.
“The PIF understand and have no problem, and they’re OK with the manager running it, in making a minority investment.
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“As much as I like the people I dealt with, the legacy of the game of golf is too important – we have no desire, no need – there’s no way on God’s green earth that we’re going to give up control, I don’t know how else to say that.
“I can assure you that that (giving up control) is not ever going to happen. They (PIF) have tremendous resources, if they’re uncomfortable with that they could have walked away at any second.
“We’re not going to turn over control to anybody, because it’s not just about the financial thing it’s about the game of golf.”
Monahan to decide LIV’s future
On the subject of LIV Golf and their players, Sports Illustrated’s briefing from Dunne says that Monahan will decide the tour’s future, with PGA Tour players set to have a say on the mechanism for allowing LIV players back –…
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