The PGA Tour sought to assure players on Tuesday that they will have a say in the tour's new partnership with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), with its policy board issuing a statement that noted players would have to approve any final agreement.
The statement was released after a meeting of the board, which includes five players: Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati, and Webb Simpson.
On Monday night, media outlets obtained the tour's framework agreement with PIF, which said the PGA Tour and DP World Tour would work with their new partners to decide how defectors to the PIF-financed LIV Golf Series can return and what kind of punishment they should face.
Players have been frustrated by the lack of details in the framework agreement, which was negotiated in private by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, two independent board members and Yasir Al Rumayyan, the governor of PIF.