LA JOLLA, Calif. — Tiger Woods has been busy behind the scenes, working alongside the PGA Tour to reshape the way forward for skilled golf as they proceed to barter with the Saudi Public Funding Fund (PIF), LIV Golf’s beneficiary.
Woods, together with Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott, Peter Malnati, Webb Simpson, and Camilo Villegas, is a director on the Participant Advisory Council (PAC). Due to his place on the PAC, Woods has met with the PIF, labored numerous hours with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, and performed golf with and mentioned the game’s future with President Donald Trump.
On Feb. 4, forward of the WM Phoenix Open, Woods was supposed to hitch Scott and Monahan in Washington, D.C., for a gathering with the President on the White Home. Nonetheless, he couldn’t attend as his mom, Kultida, handed away that morning.
Regardless of that, Woods offered an replace on golf’s future throughout the last spherical of the Genesis Invitational. He made these feedback whereas sitting in on the CBS broadcast.
“I feel we’re in a really optimistic place proper now. We had a gathering with the President. Sadly, I had another circumstances that got here up, however Jay and Adam, they did nice throughout the assembly, and we’ve one other subsequent assembly arising,” Woods stated to Jim Nantz, Trevor Immelman, and everybody tuning in from house.
“I feel that issues are going to heal rapidly. We’re going to get this recreation entering into the suitable route. It’s been heading within the unsuitable route for a variety of years, and the followers need all of us to play collectively, all the highest gamers taking part in collectively, and we’re going to make that occur.”
Woods added {that a} resolution may come as early as this yr, which considerably aligned with what Monahan stated on Feb. 12.
“It was a really productive go to. I feel you all have been round him sufficient to understand how passionate [the President] is in regards to the recreation of golf,” Monahan stated forward of the Genesis Invitational.
“For [the President] to answer our request to sit down down and speak about how we obtain what he said publicly as a aim, which is the sport of golf working beneath one tour with all the highest gamers taking part in on that one tour, was an important alternative. We had a extremely productive dialog.
“What it means is the reunification of the sport, which is what we’ve been and are centered on. Candidly, that’s what followers need. So if you speak about reunification, that’s all the most effective gamers on the planet competing with one another and in opposition to one another.”
Monahan didn’t present a timeline for ‘reunification’ when talking on the Wednesday earlier than the match. However Woods hinted that it could occur quickly, a lot to the delight of golf followers in all places.
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By means of. Comply with him on X @jack_milko.
