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PIF-backed LIV Golf and the PGA Tour are still hashing out details for player crossovers, with a potential agreement also outlining terms that will see PIF snap up a minority stake in PGA Tour Enterprises, Bloomberg reports. Negotiations are ongoing, with PIF representatives sitting down with PGA officials in New York last week, although they hit a snag on how to reintegrate players who left the PGA for LIV.
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The main point of contention? USD mns in earnings for LIV players, particularly Jon Rahm’s hefty USD 300 mn contract, remain a trouble point. Some PGA players are reportedly pushing for LIV defectors to return some of their earnings to the tour, give them out to charity or forfeit future tournament prizes on the PGA tour.
