Remember the Titanic Meme? Where Rose Dawson says, ‘It has been 84 years’. That is how long it feels that the PGA Tour and the PIF have been talking about a potential deal between the two parties. Initial talks between Jay Monahan and the PIF governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan started in 2023. The discussions took up pace recently after the PGA Tour commissioner and player representative Adam Scott met with the President Donald Trump to accelerate and help seal the deal. Why’d they meet the President? Because he loves golf, and during his campaign, he said he’d take a mere 15 minutes to get the deal signed.Post that another meeting took place at the Palm Beaches in Florida where the Cognizant Classic is about to take place. The meeting which took all day, had Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Patrick Cantlay, Peter Malnati, Camilo Villegas, and Commissioner Jay Monahan. Woods and Scott had joined remotely. Peter Malnati one of the players on the board, recently talked to Sports Illustrated about the whole process behind the decision making.“It’s been really interesting to me. We talk all the time in golf about things we can’t control, and in this we talk about all these ideal scenarios. And a lot of it is out of our control, and that goes against the golfer’s creed. ‘What would the PIF accept? Or is this a waste of all of our time?’” The Two-time PGA Tour winner also feels that the involvement of the President in the deal is a huge force that could help push the deal over its current ambiguous state. However, there’s a twist!Malnati also indicated that a deal being confirmed will be a huge feather in the cap for the President, and he will relish taking credit in case the partnership comes to fruition. “As stupid as this is … and it’s really stupid … the President of the United States wants to be involved and I think he wants to take credit for reuniting men’s professional golf. That’s a powerful tool to have in your back pocket.”Donald Trump was also recently asked about the deal, and he joked saying “much more complicated” than a Russia-Ukraine peace deal. The February 20 meeting with President Trump, was not able to bring finality to the discussions with Yasir Al-Rumayyan. Peter Malnati: “As stupid as this is … and it’s really stupid … the President of the United States wants to be involved and I think he wants to take credit for reuniting men’s professional golf. That’s a powerful tool to have in your back pocket.”How did our sport get to a… https://t.co/44BaDH7Mrl— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) February 25, 2025This is a developing story.. The post PGA Tour Pro Calls Out Donald Trump for Seeking ‘Credit’ on LIV Golf Merger as President Jokes Around the Deal appeared first on EssentiallySports.