"You see some of these other sports that have been fractured for so long, You look at boxing for example, or you look at what's happened in motor racing in the United States with Indy and NASCAR and everything else, I think for golf in general it would be better if there was unification. But I just think with what's happened over the last few years, it's just going to be very difficult to be able to do that."
"As someone who supports the traditional structure of men's professional golf, we have to realise we were trying to deal with people that were acting, in some ways, irrationally, just in terms of the capital they were allocating and the money they were spending. It's been four or five years and there hasn't been a return yet but they're going to have to keep spending that money to even just maintain what they have right now."
"A lot of these guys' contracts are up. They're going to ask for the same number or an even bigger number. LIV have spent five or six billion US dollars and they're going to have to spend another five or six just to maintain where they are. I'm way more comfortable being on the PGA Tour side than on their side but who knows what'll happen?"
Reunifying men's professional golf looks unlikely because a Saudi-backed breakaway league has spent enormous capital to secure talent, creating a deep financial and contractual divide. A proposed merger has made little progress over more than two years, and the breakaway operation continues heavy spending without clear returns. Many player contracts will soon expire, and demands for equal or larger payments are expected. Estimates suggest the breakaway league has already spent $5–6 billion and may need to spend a similar sum to maintain its position. The gulf in resources and incentives leaves reconciliation and unification uncertain.
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