Long before the LIV Golf League ever launched a shot, there were discussions about joining forces with the DP World Tour in a partnership or alliance that would bring significant financial backing to the European circuit via the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.
Those talks ended when the DP World Tour instead formed a “strategic alliance” with the PGA Tour that sees purse underwriting, a financial stake in European Tour productions, some co-sanctioned events and even PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan serving on the DP World Tour board of directors.
