PGA Tour player director Adam Scott understands the potential hostilities if LIV Golf players were welcomed back after defecting to the Saudi-backed competition. (More Sports News)
Scott and PGA Tour𝓰 commissioner Jay Monahan met with United States President Donald Trump last week amid continued discussions of unifying the US-based circuit, DP World Tour and LIV competition.
🃏Rory McIlroy has remained a staunch opponent of the breakaway organisation but admitted after Trump's visit that joining the competitions together may be the best move.
ꦛScott expects that there would be some further opposition, however, should a reunification of golf's leading organisations be successful.
ꦐ"I wouldn't be surprised, or I wouldn't judge anyone, the members, if reunification happened and they weren't happy with how it happened," Scott said.
𓆉"I hope they're not spending as much time talking about it as I have. I wouldn't hold it against anybody if there were negative emotions attached to it, the thought of players coming back."
𒈔Monahan had previously stated reunification was a priority in the negotiations with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, LIV's leading financial backer.
ꦡ"But it's not solely the tour's decision, you know what I mean? There's two people in this discussion, more to be honest; the DP World Tour, a lot of other stakeholders in the pro game," 2013 Masters champion Scott added.
꧋"The tour and its representatives talk a lot about it. But we're not in control of the entire situation. There's another side to the story.
🍌"It's not been an easy thing to solve, otherwise we'd have solved it, I believe."
ܫScott only joined the PGA Tour board at the start of 2024, becoming the chairman of the Player Advisory Council, before LIV discussions came to the forefront of his work.
🔴"I'll be honest, it took a couple of months to wrap my head around stuff," Scott said. "Within the first few weeks of me coming on the board, we're voting for a minority shareholder to take equity in the tour.
🔥"There aren't easy answers to any of this stuff. Everyone is entitled to feel something about what's happened.
♔"The one thing I do know is we're not going to please everyone, but everyone should know that I will stand behind these player directors.
🃏"They're trying to do the best thing for the entire membership. They've been faced with some tough decisions the last two years, tough calls, big consequences, for whatever we vote on."
