AUGUSTA, Ga. — On Sunday after his spherical, Tiger Woods was requested for the primary time concerning the current assembly that passed off between the PGA Tour and its participant advisory council (of which he’s a member) and Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan in an effort to deliver the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to some shared settlement.
Since the much-publicized “framework settlement” that was introduced on June 6 final yr, little progress has been made to deliver the perimeters collectively.
The assembly passed off the day after the Gamers Championship in March at Woods’ house within the Bahamas, the place Woods performed 18 holes with Al-Rumayyan.
Different PGA Tour Coverage Board members Jordan Spieth, Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, Peter Malnati and Webb Simpson had been additionally in attendance.
“We’re headed in the suitable path,’’ Woods stated Sunday. “I don’t know if we’re nearer [to a deal], however definitely we’re headed in the suitable path. That was a really optimistic assembly, and I believe each side got here away from the assembly feeling optimistic.”
Among the many obstacles to any deal embrace methods to compensate PGA Tour gamers who remained loyal to the tour and turned down gives to signal with the Saudi-backed league and methods to incorporate LIV’s staff format.
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