WHOA.
WHOAAAAAAAAAAA!
It’s a wild day in the golf world. Because, seemingly out of nowhere, after months of fighting publicly and in court, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are … merging.
Along with the DP World Tour, the deal announced Tuesday sent shockwaves through the golf world, including with players, many of whom didn’t have a clue this was happening.
What does it all mean for them? What does it mean for the future of professional golf? Those questions will be answered down the road. For right now, all we know is there’s an agreement, and all that fighting between players and tours is done.
Here’s the reaction from pros on Twitter:
Brooks Koepka
Welfare Check on Chamblee
— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) June 6, 2023
Joel Dahmen
I’ve grown up being a fan of the 4 Aces. Maybe one day I get to play for them on the PGA Tour!
— Joel Dahmen (@Joel_Dahmen) June 6, 2023
Collin Morikawa
I love finding out morning news on Twitter
— Collin Morikawa (@collin_morikawa) June 6, 2023
Phil Mickelson
Awesome day today 😊 https://t.co/qUwVJiydym
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) June 6, 2023
Michael Kim
Very curious how many people knew this deal was happening. About 5-7 people? Player run organization right? 🤷🏻♂️
— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) June 6, 2023
Smylie Kaufman
The golf world right now.. pic.twitter.com/RRtdXFbYNJ
— Smylie Kaufman (@SmylieKaufman10) June 6, 2023
Mackenzie Hughes
Nothing like finding out through Twitter that we’re merging with a tour that we said we’d never do that with.
— Mackenzie Hughes (@MacHughesGolf) June 6, 2023
Ben An
I’m guessing the liv teams were struggling to get sponsors and pga tour couldn’t turn down the money. Win-win for both tours
but it’s a big lose for who defended the tour for last two years— Byeong Hun An (@ByeongHunAn) June 6, 2023
Nick Faldo
Never thought we’d see this photo! #shocker #why? https://t.co/PBm49umcQy
— Sir Nick Faldo (@NickFaldo006) June 6, 2023
Michael Kim
Alright guys. How much to live stream the player meeting at 4 today??? (I’m KIDDING)…. But seriously….
— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) June 6, 2023
Harold Varner III
Time to get on the bush hog
— Harold Varner III (@HV3_Golf) June 6, 2023
Dylan Wu
Tell me why Jay Monahan basically got a promotion to CEO of all golf in the world by going back on everything he said the past 2 years. The hypocrisy. Wish golf worked like that. I guess money always wins @PGATOUR
— Dylan Wu (@dylan_wu59) June 6, 2023
Mark Hubbard
I don’t know I find out all of my information from text chains and ESPN alerts like the rest of you so stop texting me
— Mark Hubbard (@HomelessHubbs) June 6, 2023
Max Homa
Now that we’re all friends, is it too late for us to workshop some of these team names? pic.twitter.com/O8EDVqKClz
— max homa (@maxhoma23) June 6, 2023
Graeme McDowell
If you find out let me know brother https://t.co/KdBNbHlowD
— Graeme McDowell (@Graeme_McDowell) June 6, 2023
Justin Thomas
Was having quite the nice practice session this morning too pic.twitter.com/qWBKuM2yHO
— Justin Thomas (@JustinThomas34) June 6, 2023
Tom Gillis
What an embarrassment this has been from the start. Leadership is lacking in so many ways. Should’ve taken the meeting in the beginning.
How about throwing the players that backed your tour under the bus. Time for some changes. Big changes hopefully.— Tom Gillis (@tcgillis) June 6, 2023
Richie Ramsay
Nobody knew, even the top boys 😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯
— Richie Ramsay (@RamsayGolf) June 6, 2023
Hunter Mahan
Thank goodness for Golf Twitter!! What a day!! pic.twitter.com/sJIR3gBO9A
— Hunter Mahan (@HunterMahan) June 6, 2023
Padraig Harrington
Surprised that this merger has happened so quickly but not surprised it’s happened. Definitely in the financial interest of both sides. Definitely in the financial interest of the players even though some of those who gain will feel like they’re losing. Good for the cohesion of…
— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) June 6, 2023
Bob Estes
We just sold out! Stay tuned.
— BobEstesPGA (@EstesPga) June 6, 2023
Maverick McNealy
A lot of hot takes and misinformation out there regarding yesterday’s PGA Tour-PIF Saudi Arabia agreement. Maverick McNealy’s thoughts set an interesting tone. pic.twitter.com/xWB4iZnCmV
— Rex Hoggard (@RexHoggardGC) June 7, 2023
Just got out of players meeting. My one takeaway…Mav Mcnealy is a very very smart man. Need more of him please!
— cameron percy (@cameronpercy1) June 6, 2023
