LeBron James, Drake lead list of celebrities who have invested in PGA Tour LeBron and Drake weren't the only high-level personal investors to back the PGA Tour. USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 4, 2024
SI Golf's Alex Miceli Wins First Place in Golf Writers Association of America Contest Four stories by SI Golf writers in 2023 were honored, led by Miceli's opinion piece on the June 6 “framework agreement” between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. Sports Illustrated · Feb 28, 2024
PGA Tour Reveals Key Details About $930m Player Equity Grants The PGA Tour will divvy out equity in the new for-profit enterprise based on four distinct categories Golf Monthly · Feb 8, 2024
Top Players To Get Bulk Of Equity In New PGA Tour Venture: Reports The PGA Tour's new for-profit entity will dish out over 80% of the initial $930 million of player equity grants to its top 36 golfers, according to a leaked memo reported by US media on Wednesday. International Business Times · Feb 8, 2024
PGA Tour strikes a $3 billion deal with a sports owners investment group The PGA Tour is getting a $3 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group in a deal that would give players access to more than $1.5 billion as equity owners in the new PGA Tour Enterprises. WEKU · Jan 31, 2024
PGA Tour pros, fans and media react to PGA Tour and Strategic Sports Group $3 billion deal The landscape of golf is changing. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 31, 2024
PGA Tour Confirms $3 Billion Investment - But The Saudi PIF Isn’t Involved (Yet) The historic deal is set to give PGA Tour players the chance to collectively access $1.5 billion in equity shares, while investment from the Saudi PIF may still arrive in the future as the men's pro game aims for some kind of unity Golf Monthly · Jan 31, 2024
Strategic Sports Group, PGA Tour finalize $3 billion investment deal to create PGA Tour Enterprises SSG will initially invest $1.5 billion into the new for-profit entity. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 31, 2024
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan invites membership to ‘important’ update on Wednesday Golfweek also has learned that a Tour Player Advisory Council call is scheduled ahead of the larger update. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 31, 2024
"I Think The Deal Is Going To Come Quicker Than You Think' - Bryson DeChambeau Says Agreement Is Coming 'In A Month Or So' Bryson DeChambeau says that a final agreement between the Saudi PIF and PGA Tour will be done "in about a month or so" Golf Monthly · Jan 26, 2024
Lynch: Ugly allegations about its Saudi partner are a worrying omen for the PGA Tour On paper, Al-Rumayyan’s latest entanglement could be viewed as a squabble between stooges for a despotic government. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 21, 2024
Cantlay 'Cares Deeply' About Responsibility Of Getting Best Deal Possible For PGA Tour Players Patrick Cantlay "cares deeply" about his responsibility of helping broker a PGA Tour-PIF deal, saying it is his top priority to get the best for current and future players Golf Monthly · Jan 18, 2024
Meet the Strategic Sports Group investors, PGA Tour and Saudi PIF executives vying for a place in pro golf’s future Both tours, the SSG and PIF have an unprecedented opportunity to reshape professional golf as we know it. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 16, 2024
PGA Tour Board Member Says Jay Monahan Has ‘Totally Apologized’ For Handling Of Merger Announcement Webb Simpson explained to Golfweek's Adam Schupak that Monahan has admitted his errors over the PGA Tour's secrecy of its deal with PIF Golf Monthly · Jan 15, 2024
Golf Monthly · Jan 13, 2024 Report: Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan Make 'Substantial' Progress After First Conversation Since June Jay Monahan and the Public Investment Fund chief are said to be closing in on a historic deal to end golf's long-running civil war
Golf Monthly · Jan 12, 2024 Keith Pelley 'Asked To Delay' DP World Tour Exit For Three Months As He 'Truly Believes' Golf's Merger Can Be Completed Before The Masters The DP World Tour's CEO recently announced he would be heading back to Canada to head up Toronto's four main sports franchises, but he's optimistic golf will be unified before that point
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 7, 2024 Lynch: What unites LIV Golf supporters and PGA Tour players? An eagerness to ignore inconvenient facts LIV’s foot soldiers are trying to legitimize their folly. But PGA Tour facts are being glossed over, too.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 3, 2024 What’s next: Breaking down the impact of extending PGA Tour, Saudi PIF and investor negotiations The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund missed their agreement deadline. So … now what?
Top News · Jan 2, 2024 Golf's Uncertain Landscape: Rahm, LIV Golf, and the Future The PGA Tour begins a new year at Kapalua, with the beautiful views contrasting the fractured landscape of golf. Jon Rahm's defection to Saudi-funded LIV G...
Golf Monthly · Jan 2, 2024 Report: PGA Tour Outline New Date To Complete Merger Negotiations As Original Deadline Pushed The PGA Tour said that "meaningful progress" has been made with the PIF, SSG, and DP World Tour but the deadline for negotiations to be completed has been pushed back
The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2024 Deadline for PGA Tour’s crucial talks with Saudi Public Investment Fund pushed back Discussions about the future of golf have been complicated by the emergence of interest from private equity groups
Top News · Jan 1, 2024 PGA Tour Negotiations with LIV Golf Extend into Next Year The PGA Tour's negotiations with LIV Golf and the Saudi backers extend into next year, bringing excitement and potential partnerships to the golfing world.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 31, 2023 PGA Tour updates players on investors as negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund extend into 2024 The framework agreement discussions will extend into 2024 after the Dec. 31 deadline was missed.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023 Golf’s warring factions miss merger deadline day to leave future still in flux PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf pledged to outline their plans by the year’s end but details remain murky
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 26, 2023 PGA Tour’s Jay Monahan or LIV Golf’s Greg Norman: Who gets fired first? The biggest surprise in 2024 could be Monahan cleaning out his desk and Norman surviving.