PGA Tour Commissioner and PGA Tour Enterprises CEO Jay Monahan will meet with Yasser Al-Rumayan, president of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, at the golf course this week. The two men have a very well-equipped board, although they will be competing in a tournament that will feature the likes of PGA Tour's Rory McIlroy and Billy Horschel and LIV golf star Jon Rahm (Jon Rahm) and Brooks, but they really could be the headliners in the arena. Koepka.
The 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship becomes a crucible for the world's best players this week as 14 LIV Golf members flock to the DP World Tour's annual Pro-Am, which will be played at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns Golf Links and the Old Course. Courses at St Andrews. Not only that, but two of the most influential figures in golf (Monaghan and Al-Rumayan) will also play together in Thursday's first round.
Monaghan will play alongside Horschel, while Al-Rumayan will play alongside Dean Burmeister. In the latter group, McIlroy will play with his father, while Louis Oosthuizen is paired with South African businessman John Rupert. Each pair will play at least one match on each of the three golf courses before advancing after 54 holes. That's notable because McIlroy will pair up with Monaghan and Horschel on Friday and then Al Rumeyang and Burmeister on Saturday.
The PGA Tour and PIF have previously discussed injecting more than $1 billion into PGA Tour Enterprises. PGA Tour Enterprises is a for-profit organization established last summer after the two parties announced a framework agreement on June 6. The initial stated goal of the negotiations was to effectively bring the PGA Tour and LIV Golf under the same banner in an effort to reunify professional golf.
The two sides reportedly held multiple days of meetings in New York City last month to advance discussions on a potential deal.
“We have the right people with the right mentality,” Monahan said at the Tour Championship. “I see that in all of these conversations, it's both sides. It makes us feel good about the future and our ability to come together. Optimism. But at the same time, these conversations are complicated. They've taken action and they're going to take time.
“As I sit here today, I think the most important thing for us and our obligation to our fans, our players and our partners is to focus on what we control, what we're doing, as I've outlined “