Jay Monahan Remains Positive About LIV Golf Deal but Nothing Is Imminent

Jay Monahan told reporters Tuesday that a deal would not be announced next week at the Players Championship. | John David Mercer-Imagn Images

ORLANDO — In the aftermath of a second White House meeting with President Trump in an attempt to unify men’s professional golf, the mood from the PGA Tour side appeared to have tempered following initial optimism from commissioner Jay Monahan and player director Tiger Woods.

But Monahan pushed back on that notion on Tuesday without much detail in a  25-minute session with reporters at the Bay Hill Club, site of this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.