Adam Scott expects some members of the PGA tour to be turned upside down if a kind of reunification of sport will occur in the near future.
Scott, who is the president of the advisory council for tour players and joined Commissioner Jay Monahan at the White House earlier this month to discuss negotiations with the public investment fund of Saudi Arabia and Golf Liv, said this week that he gets why some would be frustrated to suddenly see Livs golf members play on tour again.
After all, at the start of the startup league, there were a lot of fights when some of the biggest names in the sport left and received incredibly important pay checks to do so.
“I would not be surprised – or I would not judge anyone, the members – if the reunification happened and that they were not satisfied with the way it happened,” said Scott, via Doug Ferguson de l ‘Associated Press. “I hope they don’t spend as much time talking about it.
“I would not keep anyone against anyone if there were negative emotions attached to it, the thoughts of the returning players.”
Scott’s comments were very different from those that Rory McILroy made before the Genesis Invitational last week. McILroy, who was initially one of the hardest criticisms in LIV golf, thinks that people need to “recover”.
“If people are injured or have their wounded feelings because the guys have gone [to LIV] Or anything, as who care about it? Said McILroy. “Let’s move on together and just try to advance this thing and do what is best for the game.”
Reunification is not “only the decision of the tour”
The tour and the PIF negotiated the terms of the partnership since Monahan made its superb merger announcement in June 2023. This followed years of an animated battle between the two leagues, although no agreement was finalized . Monahan and Scott met President Donald Trump about negotiations earlier this month, and another meeting should occur soon. Monahan said after this meeting that “everything goes forward with the pace”.
One of the priorities of negotiations, said Monahan is reunification and what it would look like. Many golfers have seen their respective tour cards revoked, faced suspensions and fines and more after leap to Liv golf at the start, so it is not as simple as welcoming them with open arms open .
“It’s not just the decision of the tour, do you know what I mean?” Scott said about reunification, which he described as “a way to follow” for the partnership.
“There are two people in this discussion, more to be honest – the DP World Tour, many other stakeholders in the professional game. The tour and its representatives talk about it a lot. But we do not control the whole situation. There is another side of history. It is not an easy thing to resolve, otherwise we would have resolved it, I think. »»
When an agreement is concluded, or if it does it, remains to be seen. While things feel closer than ever, the two parties have already stolen beyond their initial deadline to obtain an agreement in place. The tour and the LIV golf have already started their 2025 seasons also separately.
Once things finally settle down and the golf world meets, whatever it looks like, Scott is well aware that not everyone will be happy.
“There are no easy answers to all of this. Everyone has the right to feel something in what happened, “said Scott.
“The only thing I know is that we are not going to please everyone, but everyone should know that I will support these players of players. They are trying to do the best for the whole membership. They have been faced with difficult decisions in the past two years – difficult calls, great consequences – for all that we are voting. »»
