The most closely watched golf tournament in the world this week is a pro-am. Off in Scotland at the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, the two leaders in golf’s ongoing civil war are paired in the first round Thursday: PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan. Advertisement The Dunhill Links is a pro-am event in which each professional plays with one amateur, with each pair playing three different revered Scottish courses the first three days before a 54-hole cut and a final round Sunday at St.
Andrews’ Old Course. Monahan is playing with PGA Tour pro Billy Horschel, and the duo was grouped with Al-Rumayyan and LIV golfer Dean Burmester at Carnoustie. Kingsbarns is the third course used for the tournament.
This round of golf comes right as talks continue without a deadline between PGA Tour Enterprises and PIF, the Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund that owns and operates rebel league LIV Golf. These negotiations have had stops and starts since the shocking July 6, 2023 framework agreement announcement to end litigation and potentially join forces in some fashion. The PGA Tour added $3 billion in investment from the consortium of professional sports team owners known as Strategic Sports Group, while LIV poached stars such as two-time major winner Jon Rahm and Tyrell Hatton before this season.
PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy said last month that the U.S. Department of Justice is a key factor delayin.