PGA Tour star 'rallying players against' LIV Golf merger as row rumbles on

26 June 2023 , 11:16

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PGA Tour star 'rallying players against' LIV Golf merger as row rumbles on

World No. 4 golfer Patrick Cantlay is reportedly 'rallying players against' the PGA Tour's agreement with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), that will see them join forces with LIV Golf.

After 12 months of feuding and legal litigation, The PGA Tour and LIV Golf appeared to have put their differences aside to work under one entity alongside the DP World Tour. The deal will bring to an end the ugly civil war that has plagued the sport over the past year.

Despite an apparent truce being called, it appears one player is not on board with Golfweek reporting that Cantlay is leading a 'rally' against the Tour's decision to work with PIF.

Following the announcement of the agreement earlier this month, it appears players have been left out of the loop of negotiations. A whole host of PGA Tour stars have hit out at the lack of communication from the powers that be, including Cantlay's Ryder Cup teammate Xander Schauffele.

Calling for the Tour to be more transparent, Schauffele said at last week's Travelers Championship : "There just isn't a whole lot of information out just yet. Some sort of the agreement still needs to be written up or agreed on, I should say...

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Xander Schauffele called for 'transparency'

"Everyone wants transparency. I'm sure in their eyes they are being as transparent as they possible can be, and all of us players would like to think they are taking acre of us, but if they're not able to give us any answers, that means there aren't any."

And Schauffele is not the only one raising concerns. Speaking ahead of player meeting regarding the merger, Spanish star Jon Rahm admitted : "We don't know anything. I don't know if the people in charge know much more than we do.

Jon Rahm also raised questions (2022 Getty Images)

"There are so many unanswered questions that at this point I wouldn't want to waste time thinking about it because there is a lot of what ifs and unknowns... I guess I might know more in a few hours once we're done with the player meeting tonight.

I don't think we're going to get a lot of answers, but I'm going to at least get an idea of where the membership head is at. That's all I can say." PGA Tour commissioner - and the man behind the deal - Jay Monahan was absent from the meeting, having taken a step back from his duties due to medical reasons.

Joshua Lees