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Confusion reigns at the highest level of men’s professional golf as players prepare for this week’s U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club.
The PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf, the acrimonious battle that suddenly became a most unlikely partnership via a stunning joint announcement last Tuesday, has left a lot of unanswered questions.
A week removed from the announcement, as the third major championship of 2023 is about to begin with Thursday’s opening round, those questions remain unanswered.
With players from both sides very much in the dark about the details, they’ve found themselves simply not wanting to talk about the topic because they don’t know enough about it.
“I’ll be completely honest, I literally know as much as you,’’ defending U.S. Open champion Matthew Fitzpatrick said Monday. “I’m sure everyone has gotten questions about it. I found out when everyone else found out. Yeah, honestly, I know literally nothing. The whole thing is confusing.”
When PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) that backs LIV Golf financially, came together in that kumbaya staged interview on CNBC last Tuesday to announce the partnership that Monahan called a “framework agreement,’’ it stunned the golf world and stung many PGA Tour players who turned away lucrative Saudi offers to join LIV Golf.
