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The PGA Tour confirmed the meeting through a statement in which nothing new is revealed

Tiger, Scott and Monahan meet with Al Rumayyan at the White House with Trump as host

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Monahan y Al Rumayyan.
Monahan y Al Rumayyan.

A few hours after trying to establish in Saudi Arabia a very particular roadmap for resolving the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the President of the United States Donald Trump received all the protagonists of the conflict that the global golf world has been experiencing since the emergence of LIV Golf at the White House. This Wednesday, a meeting was held between a delegation from the PGA Tour consisting of Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, and Jay Monahan and the head of the PIF and LIV Golf, Yasir Al Rumayyan. All under the auspices and watchful eye of Trump.

The PGA Tour was responsible for issuing a statement after the meeting to confirm the encounter and little else. There is still talk of very good intentions, but for now, no concrete facts about the conversations are disclosed. Moreover, in part of the information, the PGA Tour mentions that talks are beginning for the reunification of golf. Using the verb “begin” when it is assumed they have been talking for months is at least unsettling and disconcerting.

The statement is as follows:

Commissioner Jay Monahan, Player Director Tiger Woods, and Player Director Adam Scott met with President Donald Trump and the Hon. Yasir Al-Rumayyan on Wednesday, February 20, at the White House.

“We concluded a constructive working session at the White House with President Trump and the Hon. Yasir Al-Rumayyan.”

Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we have initiated a conversation about the reunification of golf. We are committed to moving forward as quickly as possible and will share additional details when appropriate.

We share a passion for the game and the importance of reunification. Most importantly, we all want to see the world’s best players playing together more often, and we are committed to doing everything possible to achieve that outcome for our fans.

– Statement from Commissioner Jay Monahan, Player Director Tiger Woods, and Player Director Adam Scott.

The statement, therefore, is made 24 hours after the meeting and does not provide any concrete data on anything. Certainly, transparency, no matter how they try to present it, is still glaringly absent. There is a clear intention to position Donald Trump as the main protagonist of the potential future agreement, with a level of flattery that may seem excessive. Meanwhile, the head of the Saudi Public Investment Fund has gained a visit to the White House, which is never a bad thing to discuss other business beyond golf.

In any case, and despite the lack of juicier details to sink our teeth into, a summit of this nature must always be interpreted as something positive, even if there isn’t much more to glean. We’ll see if any progress is made in the coming days.

By the way, a day later Donald Trump once again shared the stage at the White House with Tiger Woods during an event celebrating black history. There, the president did not miss the opportunity to showcase Tiger almost as if he were an attraction. Woods didn’t know where to hide… Similarly, he took the opportunity to say that in his opinion, after playing with him last week, “he can still win a couple more Majors, if not more.” The show.