LOS ANGELES — The past week in men's professional golf seemed like a script from some Hollywood streaming series, with the PGA Tour forming an alliance with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which is financing the rival LIV Golf League fronted by the tour's favorite villain, two-time Open Championship winner Greg Norman.
As the world's best golfers gather for the third major championship of the season, perhaps it's fitting that the 123rd U.S. Open is being played not far from Hollywood, at Los Angeles Country Club.
Players from both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League are still trying to figure out exactly what's going on. There's still much confusion, on both sides, about the future of the game.
Will the LIV Golf League fold? Will it survive? Will LIV golfers just come back to the PGA Tour if it doesn't? «I think I just don't know what's going on,» said English golfer and defending U.S.