President Donald Trump has already met with PGA Tour leaders, and McIlroy, Adam Scott and others predicted that the White House will make a quick impact.
Commissioner Jay Monahan and player directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott are meeting with officials at the White House on Thursday as discussions for a PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger continue, sources tell ESPN.
Adam Scott expects at least some PGA Tour members to be upset if some sort of reunification of the sport happens in the near future. Scott, who is the Tour’s Player Advisory Council chairman and joined commissioner Jay Monahan at the White House earlier this month to discuss negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and LIV Golf,
The PGA Tour’s Monahan and player director Adam Scott went to the White House two weeks ago to meet with Trump and seek his support in striking a deal with the PIF, the sole benefactor of the breakaway LIV league.
The Associated Press Tiger Woods joined PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and player director Adam Scott in a second White House meeting Thursday with President Donald Trump, another sign the sport is moving rapidly toward ending the division brought on by Saudi-funded LIV Golf.
Tiger Woods was chanted at the White House, including by President Donald Trump. But not all fans were pleased with it.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan returned to the White House Thursday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for the second time this month.
A PGA Tour delegation of Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and commissioner Jay Monahan met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, as Trump and the tour continue to negotiate a potential deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
However, the moment that really stole the show was when President Donald Trump addressed a Black History Month Reception that was happening at the White House, and since Tiger Woods was already there, he apparently invited him to tag along. It made for quite the moment, as you can see in this photo shared by the White House:
Woods appeared visibly nervous and rejected Trump's invitation, simply putting his hands up and shaking his head. "He's much more comfortable [on the golf course]," said Trump, before he was drowned out by chants of: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"
This is the second time in just over two weeks the PGA Tour leadership — Woods and Scott — have met at the White House.
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