Tiger Woods stated {that a} assembly with PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan final month has helped with negotiations between the PGA Tour and PIF.
Woods, who has taken a key place in negotiations as a member of the PGA Tour Coverage Board, and Al-Rumayyan had been the headliners of a gathering the day after The Gamers Championship within the Bahamas, which included key representatives from the tour, PIF (which funds and operates LIV) and Strategic Sports activities Group (which has dedicated greater than a billion {dollars} in funding to PGA Tour Enterprises). The teams proceed to hunt for an answer that will search to finish the division between the 2 excursions since 2022.
“I don’t know if we’re nearer however we’re actually headed in the best route,” Woods stated Sunday after his last spherical on the Masters. “That was a really constructive assembly and either side got here away from the assembly constructive.”
Woods shot a 77 in his fourth spherical and walked off the course in final place within the discipline, 16-over for the week. He made the reduce after ending the primary two rounds at 1-over, however a record-high 82 on Saturday undid Woods. He had one birdie on Sunday (on the par-5 No. 2), three bogeys and one triple-bogey (No. 5, when he blocked his tee shot to date proper into the woods he needed to take an unplayable lie and retee.).
Simply enjoying stays a substantial problem for the 48-year-old Woods: he instructed his Spherical 4 enjoying accomplice Neal Shipley that he bought up at 3:45 a.m. to start to get his physique prepared for a 9:35 a.m. tee time.
That is the primary main Woods has performed all 72 holes at because the 2022 Masters, when he completed forty seventh. Whereas Woods’ authentic timeline had him enjoying as soon as a month this season, he didn’t play in between the Genesis Invitational in January and the Masters. The PGA Championship at Valhalla is subsequent, from Might 16-19.
Woods spoke about making ready to play it, the U.S. Open at Pinehurst and Open Championship at Royal Troon, although the preparation degree should be totally different — he’s been forthcoming that he practices little or no, and his Augusta course information made the ramp-up to this occasion simpler.
“I heard there’s some modifications to the subsequent couple of web sites, so bought to stand up there early and verify them out,” Woods stated.
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