Tiger Woods expects Trump talks to see LIV golfers back on PGA Tour in 2025

PGA Tour board members met Trump at start of February
‘I think things are going to heal quickly,’ says Woods

Tiger Woods has claimed LIV golfers could make a sensational return to the PGA Tour this year after the direct involvement of Donald Trump in the sport’s unification talks.

Elite golf has been fractured since the launch of the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV circuit in 2022. A key upshot was the generally acrimonious departure of several big names from the PGA Tour to LIV. Despite the signing of a framework agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in the summer of 2023, progress has been glacial.

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“The one thing I do know is we’re not going to please everyone.”
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