Adam Scott makes "emotional" admission after being "left in dark" over LIV merge

21 June 2023 , 23:04

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Adam Scott discussed the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger (Image: Getty Images)

An 'emotional' Adam Scott has admitted he was 'left in the dark' when it came to the P GA Tour's groundbreaking agreement with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia and LIV Golf.

The PGA Tour ended its bitter feud with LIV Golf earlier this month, after announcing it had struck a deal with PIF to work under a joint entity with the breakaway circuit and the DP World Tour. A whole host of players have since come out to claim they knew nothing about the deal before the announcement.

And the latest is one of the most prominent yet, as chairman of the PGA Tour's Player Advisory Council, Scott claimed he himself was left out of the loop of the shock agreement.

Scott and co were given some insight into the proposed merger at a players meeting at the Travelers Championship on Wednesday. Speaking afterwards, he said: "You can’t help but feel left in the dark even though I don’t expect to run the PGA Tour and them to run everything by me. It was just sooner than maybe anybody thought.

"That’s all. Things are calmed down and things were calmer in the meeting yesterday. Guys still have tons of questions. Hopefully, they’re answered in time.” The 2013 Masters champion was a name heavily linked to LIV last summer, no doubt due to his Australian links to Greg Norman.

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Scott instead opted to remain loyal to the Tour, and was thus reward with his chairman role for the 2023 season. On the back of turning down the Saudi switch, Scott has admitted to feeling 'emotional' on the back of the merger announcement due to the door initially being shut on those who opted to defect.

"I'm caught up emotionally because I stayed on the PGA Tour and it was put to us that if we left we were never coming back, and it seems there are going to be pathways back," he added. "Eventually we’ll find out if that’s the best for the game and how we feel.

Adam Scott remained loyal to the PGA Tour (Getty Images)

"So I have some emotions about that, but time often plays a big part in these things so see how it advances." Tour players will have no doubt have had plenty of questions in Wednesday's meeting, but it seems many still remain unanswered with Scott labelling the deal a 'complex' one.

"There are still lots of questions to be answered because we really only have this framework that was announced," Scott said. "So although that seems fairly simple, the deal sounds quite complex and this could take a long time. Hopefully, everyone is cooling down and as things go along, there is transparency for the players and those questions get answered."

Joshua Lees