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What does the shock PGA Tour-LIV merger mean for golf?

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and their rival Saudi-backed LIV Golf have announced they will combine operations to create a new worldwide golf entity, marking one of the most consequential moments in the sport’s history.

In a stunning statement that took golf by surprise on Tuesday, the US-based PGA Tour and Europe’s DP World Tour said they would end a two-year litigation with LIV’s Saudi backers and form “a new collectively owned, for-profit entity”.

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