Could 2024 be the year broken tees are mended?
It’s starting to feel like it.
Last June, the PGA Tour entered into a framework agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund that bankrolls LIV. There is no official partnership yet—and the initial Dec. 31 deadline has been pushed to April—but it feels likely the two sides will come together, especially after defending Masters champion Jon Rahm signed with LIV.
Rahm’s signing was a firm indication that LIV will continue stockpiling players unless an agreement is reached. The PGA Tour remains vulnerable and likely needs the PIF to survive, but the PIF would also benefit greatly from joining forces. It would legitimize their struggling product and provide a seat at the table with the same corporate American businesses that consistently invest in the PGA Tour.
After a lengthy soap opera that has left golf fans frustrated and then apathetic, olive branches are being extended and talk of a global tour—where the two leagues fold into one or somehow coexist peacefully—now is a topic of conversation.







