Despite LIV’s Olive Branch Months Ago, Tiger Woods Takes a Bold Step Spelling Trouble for the Sinking $3B Merger

The $3 billion merger came as a shock to the legend of the game, Tiger Woods. However, after a period of silence, he decided to join the Policy Board to ensure the Tour remains clear and player-driven. Nevertheless, uncertainties now surround the whole alliance as the deadline for the same reaches soon in December with little to show for it.

And now, the American has gone ahead to take a big step amid all the possible troubles surrounding the merger. However, despite the peace offering that LIV Golf had extended to the Hall of Famer months ago, curiosity naturally arises about his recent move that may very well spell trouble for the Saudi-backed circuit!

Tiger Woods and the $3 billion LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger

Woods joined the PGA Tour Policy Board months ago as its sixth Player Director to ensure a player-centric future for the association which is going forward with the partnership. And surprisingly the golfer has decided to take a significant step, amid ongoing troubles regarding the merger with the December 31st deadline nearing soon, along with the increasing speculations and insider reports about the same.

A post was uploaded on X by TWLEGION, a fan page dedicated to the professional. It mentioned how the 47-year-old went ahead to attend a “significant board meeting” at PGA Tour’s headquarters situated in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He did the same even as matters regarding the “review of potential private equity partners” are still “unclear.”

A little while back, the golf association had narrowed down the list of companies who would be chosen as investors and partners of the newly found PGA Tour Enterprises, the body created as per the agreement with the PIF-funded league. The organizations in contention include the likes of Fenway Sports Group (FSG) with Steve Cohen and Arthur Blank, Liberty Strategic Capital, Acorn Growth Companies, Eldridge Industries, and ‘Friends of Golf’.

The 82X PGA Tour champ had a lot of opposition towards the Middle Eastern circuit. He had even taken a jab at the same contrasting his newfound TGL as being simpler than them. Thus, his move does smell a bit of trouble for the alternate tour which had extended a hand to the pro months ago.

Woods to feature in LIV events?

With talks of the agreement culminating between the two bodies, a proposal was put forward by the negotiators of the business deal involving the 15X major champ and Rory McIlroy. During the hasty proceedings that took place last spring, Amanda Staveley, a British investment banker put forward the idea of the duo taking ownership of teams in the Saudi-backed league.

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Although no confirmations were given by both the players regarding the same, the memo proposed that the two professionals take charge of their squads and play in 10 LIV Golf events in a year. And now, months later, it stands to see whether the olive branch offered during the same was even the least bit effective or not.

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