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LPGA Tour commissioner open to LIV Golf conversation: 'My responsibility to evaluate every opportunity'

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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has made his feelings toward the rival LIV Golf league well known at this point, but his counterpart at the LPGA Tour might not entirely agree with him.

Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan told the London Times this week that she would be open to having a conversation with LIV CEO Greg Norman following comments he made last week about expanding the league to women’s golf.

Mollie Marcoux Samaan, commissioner of the LPGA, talks during a press conference during the second round of the HSBC Women's World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on March 4, 2022. (Alex Burstow/Getty Images) "It’s my responsibility to evaluate every opportunity," Marcoux Samaan told the outlet. "I would engage in a conversation if it would achieve our aim of promoting women’s golf, but there needs to be input from players and sponsors.

There’s a lot of factors to consider before we do business with LIV Golf." 2022 AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: NELLY KORDA DITCHES SHOES, SOCKS FOR PAR SAVE ON 18TH Norman said earlier this month that he was "100% confident" about starting a women’s LIV Golf league, according to The Palm Beach Post.

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