PGA Tour – LIV Golf Bad Blood Hits New Low as Max Homa Publicly Taunts Rival’s ‘Worldwide’ Scheme

Imagine a world where all global tours have come together to jointly host tournaments in different parts of the world. Except the United States of America. LIV Golf Pro Adrian Meronk believes that won’t be too bad because the PGA Tour is already hosting events in the USA.

Meronk does want the ensuing PGA Tour-LIV Golf fiasco to stop. Nevertheless, speaking to Golf Digest, the Polish star suggested, “But, on the other hand, it wouldn’t be the worst thing if the PGA Tour went its own way and everyone else got together and created a world-wide tour everywhere except the United States. I like that idea. It would be awesome. The Asian Tour is flourishing right now, so maybe that will happen.” 

Now if you put forth that idea to a PGA tour pro, say Max Homa, he would smirk. Probably that’s what he did before typing out this 17-word response. “I for one think this is genius and am shocked no one has thought of it before.” 

No emojis were needed to decipher the lacerating sarcasm in those words. Max Homa wasn’t impressed. Neither was Michael S Kim, a one-time PGA Tour winner.  “LOL,” wrote the 31-year-old.

Meronk’s proposal sounds distinctly similar to the DP World Tour. Even though it’s headquartered in Wentworth, the European circuit hosts tournaments in Australia, Singapore, India, Japan, China, Qatar, Dubai, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, and of course a handful of European countries. 

Perhaps Meronk wanted to lean more onto LIV Golf’s partnership with the Asian Tour as a model of ‘coming together’. PIF backs the ten elevated events in the Asian Tour calendar, which are played across different parts of Asia and Europe. 

Nevertheless, amid the uncertainty regarding the $3B merger, the idea of a global tour has gained more traction. Even some of the Tour’s own have proposed a model of a global league, but not without the PGA Tour.

Is a global tour sans the PGA Tour feasible? 

It’s worth noting that Rory McIlroy also floated a similar idea early this year. Only the Ulsterman thought of bringing the national majors under the umbrella of a unified global tour. Some of the events would have to be moved away from the stateside. However, Meronk’s proposed plan clearly deviates from there. 

In fact, the PGA Tour has already flirted with the idea of global events. Remember the World Golf Championships? The tour has ditched those series of events because American players were not enamored with the idea of globe-trotting. There is also no denying that the best market for golf currently exists in the USA, along with certain pockets of Asia, Australia, and Europe.

So, while a reboot of WGCs can be a lucrative proposal unless top players are ready to board overseas flights a few times a year, it’s likely to meet the same fate as the WGCs. Whether a merger would change that scenario is anyone’s guess. But one thing is certain: the undercurrent of animosity hasn’t died down.

Even Wyndham Clark, speaking a few weeks ago, said he didn’t want all LIV golfers back on the PGA Tour. Add on top of that the intricacies of an agreement between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, and Jay Monahan certainly doesn’t have an enviable job.