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Masters champion Jon Rahm has provided an update on the agreement between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund, which will see the Tour work alongside rival LIV Golf.
On June 6 the sport was left in shock, after PGA Tour boss Jay Monahan confirmed the American-based circuit would work alongside LIV and the DP World Tour under one entity, funded by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). The deal appears to have brought an end to the bitter feud between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
After the announcement, those involved have revealed little on what the agreement means for all those included, especially the players, who have been torn into two following the emergence of the breakaway league last June.
The players themselves have been able to offer little when quizzed on the deal, with many unaware the proposed merge was even taking place until it was announced this month. Ahead of this week's Travellers Championship, Rahm is still none the wiser as to what lies ahead.
"We don't know anything. I don't know if the people in charge know much more than we do," he said per ESPN. "There are so many unanswered questions that at this point I wouldn't want to waste time thinking about it because there is a lot of what ifs and unknowns."
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The Spaniard and his fellow Tour professionals are about to find out more though, with a players meeting being held at TPC River Highlands this week. "I didn't really talk about (the merger) much last week," the two-time major champion commented.
Jon Rahm revealed a players meeting will take place this week (Getty Images)"I guess I might know more in a few hours once we're done with the player meeting tonight. I don't think we're going to get a lot of answers, but I'm going to at least get an idea of where the membership head is at. That's all I can say."
The man behind the deal, commissioner Monahan has been forced to take a step back from his responsibilities in the past week due to medical reasons. The Tour boss had already held a player meeting on the back of the announcement at the RBC Canadian Open.
Describing the meet up as 'intense' and 'heated', Monahan admitted: "This is an awful lot to ask them to digest. This is a significant change for us. As I’m trying to explain as we go forward, this ultimately was a decision in the best interests of all at the PGA Tour.”