Jay Monahan Breaks Silence On LIV Threat - 'My Heart Goes Out To 9/11 Families'

The PGA Tour's reaction to the LIV Golf Invitational Series has been pretty clear, with Commissioner Jay Monahan banning all players who are teeing it up in the Saudi-backed LIV series and those who play in future events.

Now, at the RBC Canadian Open, Monahan has made his first public appearance since the LIV event at Centurion Club, with the Commissioner giving an in-depth interview with CBS' Jim Nantz.  

Speaking to Nantz, Monahan explained that: “It’s been an unfortunate week that was created by some unfortunate decisions. Those decisions being players choosing to violate our tournament regulations. It’s my job to protect, defend, and celebrate our loyal PGA Tour members, our partners and our fans and that’s exactly what I did. I don’t think it was a surprise to anybody. Given how clear I had been about how we were going to handle this situation.

“We made a decision last week to suspend those players, and they’re no longer eligible for tournament play and that, at this point, is all we’re prepared to talk about. We’ll see how things continue to develop as we go down the road here.”

Following the first event at the Centurion Club, a group representing the victims’ families and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States accused the American players taking part in the LIV Golf Series of sportswashing and betraying their country.

In a letter sent to the agents of Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Kevin Na, 911familiesunited.org expressed their anger towards the players for competing in the LIV Golf Invitational Series event.

Monahan, who stated that "I have two families that are close to me that lost loved ones" added, "my heart goes out to them and I would ask that any