LIV Golf proposed giving Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods their own teams

Proposals for a long-term agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund included Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods owning LIV Golf teams, a US Senate subcommittee investigation has revealed.

Woods and McIlroy were two of the biggest opponents of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League, but were kept in the dark when negotiations took place between PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne and the PIF’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan in London in April.

Documents released by the Senate subcommittee on Tuesday show that, following those meetings, PCP Capital Partners gave a slide show presentation to Dunne and PGA Tour policy board chairman Ed Herlihy entitled "The Best of Both Worlds".

That contained proposals for a deal between the parties which included McIlroy and Woods owning LIV Golf teams and playing in at least 10 LIV events, as well as a minimum of two high-profile PGA Tour events to be sponsored by Aramco and/or the PIF, with one to be held in Saudi Arabia.

None of those details were cited in the framework agreement which was announced on 6 June.

Other proposals included LIV players having full PGA Tour playing rights restored, world ranking points awarded to LIV events on a retrospective basis and LIV players having "unfettered" access to major championships and the Ryder Cup.

It was also suggested that Al-Rumayyan would become a member of both the R&A and Augusta National.

Also discussed was a request from the PGA Tour that LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman "would not be retained" following the execution of the framework agreement.

The subcommittee’s memo states that they had not discovered whether this side agreement was executed, but during the Senate hearing PGA Tour chief operating officer Ron Price was asked by Senator Richard