Stephen A. Smith ‘loves’ PGA Tour merger with LIV, calls it a ‘smart business’ move

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Tuesday’s bombshell news that the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf would merge in order to "​​unify the game of golf, on a global basis" took almost everybody by surprise. 

The agreement ends "two years of disruption and distraction" between the PGA and the Saudi-backed invitational while creating a "transformational partnership" between the three entities. 

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan after the final round of The Players Championship on March 12, 2023, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

While many are unhappy with the agreement, one ESPN analyst is a big fan of the move.

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"I love it. I love it," Stephen A. Smith said Tuesday. "And I want to take a moment to do something that I’d ever thought I do on national television and that’s give PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan some love and some credit here. 

"This is smart business on his part. Make no mistake about it." 

Despite LIV Golf receiving a ton of backlash following their inception, Smith said he never had a problem with where LIV received its funding as the "United States of America does business with Saudi Arabia."

"So, if our government can do business with them, and folks aren't making so much noise about that, why are you making noise about golfers? I never wanted to hear that. I never took that issue seriously," Smith said.

Stephen A. Smith attends SiriusXM at Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 9, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

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