The Players Championship is always one of the most special weeks of the golfing calendar, and as we look forward to the 50th anniversary of the PGA Tour’s flagship event, the 2024 staging is no different.
With PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan scheduled to speak to the press at 11am on Tuesday, Players week is sure to have plenty of additional talking points over the next seven days.
This will be the first time that the Tour boss addresses the media since a press conference ahead of the Tour Championship on August 22 – and a lot has happened since then.
Here are the key questions questions Monahan will have to answer when he takes the mic ahead of the Players Championship – there are sure to be many more.
Does The PGA Tour Still Need PIF?
After announcing the $3bn partnership with the Strategic Sports Group (SSG), the PGA Tour said that it would not prevent an “ultimate agreement” being reached with PIF.
“Today the PGA Tour confirmed progress in its ongoing negotiations with PIF on a potential future investment and both parties are working towards an ultimate agreement,” a PGA Tour statement confirming the deal with SSG said.
“SSG has consented to an investment by PIF, subject to any necessary regulatory review and approvals.”
A Framework Agreement between the PGA Tour and PIF, which shocked the world of golf, was announced on June 6, but an end-of-year deadline for a deal to be concluded had to be extended as no agreement was reached.
Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth have both offered their opinion on the matter – they’re optimistic about where the PGA stands. “We’re in a great position,” Woods has said, while Spieth, a member of the PGA Tour Policy Board that approved the agreement with SSG, shares a similar view in that the PGA Tour doesn’t need Saudi funding.
Meanwhile, Webb Simpson, who like Woods and Spieth is a PGA Tour player director, said it would be “very dangerous” for the organisation not to complete a deal with PIF, adding that they needed to work together for the “good of the game”.
What do you say, Jay?
Does He Feel The Players Championship Field Is Weaker This Year?
Former Players champion Cameron Smith is one of many absentees this week
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