'Off the table & has been for a long time' - PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan rules out talks with LIV Golf

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has said there is little prospect of a thawing of relations with LIV Golf. LIV launched earlier this year, after luring a host of big names with mammoth contracts. Ad Monahan took the decision to suspend all players who made the move to LIV, as the rift in golf continued to grow.

Golf‘Scary’ — Scott’s walk through Quail Hollow’s famous Green Mile2 HOURS AGO The pressure was turned up when a number of players launched a lawsuit against the PGA Tour. LIV added its name to the lawsuit in the summer, and its CEO Greg Norman has been vocal in his criticism of Monahan and the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour has strengthened its ties with the DP World Tour, and Monahan is happy with the direction they are heading, but says there is no prospect of common ground being found with LIV.

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That was done to counter the threat of LIV, and Monahan is happy with the changes that have been made. «We're going to know where the best players on the PGA Tour, the best players of the world, are playing over the course of the season,» Monahan told Sky Sports. «We also know that they're going to be announcing additional events to their schedule in what is an already truncated