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 affix Scott and Monahan in Washington, D.C., for a gathering with the President on the White Home. Nevertheless, he couldn’t attend as his mom, Kultida, handed away that morning.
Regardless of that, Woods offered an replace on golf’s future through the last spherical of the Genesis Invitational. He made these feedback whereas sitting in on the CBS broadcast.
“I believe we’re in a really constructive 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 through the assembly, and we’ve one other subsequent assembly arising,” Woods stated to Jim Nantz, Trevor Immelman, and everybody tuning in from residence.
“I believe that issues are going to heal rapidly. We’re going to get this recreation entering into the proper route. It’s been heading within the incorrect route for plenty 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} answer may come as early as this 12 months, which considerably aligned with what Monahan stated on Feb. 12.
“It was a really productive go to. I believe you all have been round him sufficient to know the way 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 discuss how we obtain what he acknowledged publicly as a aim, which is the sport of golf working underneath one tour with all the highest gamers taking part in on that one tour, was a terrific 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 discuss reunification, that’s all the very best gamers on this 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 event. However Woods hinted that it will occur quickly, a lot to the delight of golf followers all over the place.
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By way of. Observe him on X @jack_milko.
