The DP World Tour and LIV Golf are reportedly engaged in parallel negotiations alongside discussions between the PIF and the PGA Tour, as reported in recent hours by Bloomberg, a prestigious economic publication. According to sources who have chosen to remain anonymous, the aim of this potential agreement is to establish a common tournament schedule that allows golfers to play on both circuits. In return, the DP World Tour would receive a significant financial boost. Ten Golf has learned that these talks have been ongoing for some time, but whether an agreement will be reached is another matter.
According to Bloomberg, this negotiation would run parallel to the one being held by the PIF, the Saudi Public Investment Fund, and the PGA Tour to join as an investor in the new company PGA Tour Enterprises. Furthermore, it is logical that the American circuit is aware of these discussions between the European circuit and LIV and has their approval. Let’s not forget that the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour maintain a strategic alliance, and there is no indication that it could be broken, at least in the short term.
If these talks are confirmed and come to fruition, the DP World Tour would receive a significant financial boost that would help improve prize funds and also raise the level of its tournaments with the occasional presence of LIV golfers, as has happened in recent weeks. In any case, this agreement would not come into effect until 2026, as both the European circuit’s and LIV’s schedules are already almost fully announced.
Another consequence of this negotiation would be the elimination of fines that the DP World Tour has been imposing on its members for playing LIV Golf tournaments during weeks when there is also an event on their circuit. Let’s remember that the last player to pay these fines was Sergio García. Subsequently, the golfer from Borriol rejoined the European Tour, so we will see him playing some tournaments in 2025 and competing to qualify for the Ryder Cup. One of Sergio’s conditions for paying the fine was that the penalties would cease. This possible negotiation reported would make sense of the step taken a few weeks ago by the 2017 Masters champion, as exclusively reported by Ten Golf.
Bloomberg has contacted the DP World Tour to get their take on this negotiation, but their response has been completely vague: “We remain in discussions with the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Enterprises, SSG, and PIF regarding the ongoing overall landscape for men’s global golf, but no agreement has been reached.” According to the publication, it is obviously not ruled out that there may be no agreement in any sense. In any case, the will exists, and the possibility of seeing light at the end of the tunnel in which professional golf has found itself is increasingly close.
