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U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to inform Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that any settlement between the PGA Tour and PIF will spell the top for LIV Golf.

Trump landed in the Middle East on Tuesday with plans to go to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. One key merchandise on his agenda is LIV Golf, the contentious circuit that has emerged as a competitor to the PGA Tour in latest years.

LIV Golf is funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which has poured over $5 billion into the project. Despite this, the circuit stays comparatively unpopular, struggling with viewership and sponsorship – and Trump desires it to merge with the PGA Tour.

Trump, an avid golf fanatic, has been open about his want to see the PGA Tour and LIV Golf unite in the long run. The two tours have been in talks for over a yr, with Trump even stepping in to help pace up a deal.

After touchdown and assembly with officers in Riyadh, Trump is set to inform Bin Salman that any deal between the PGA Tour and PIF won’t secure a long-term future for LIV Golf, according to Golfweek.

Trump reportedly enlisted the help of 15-time main champion Tiger Woods to reinforce his place. The record-setting PGA Tour winner visited the White House to guarantee Trump understood his stance.

Last month, the Private Investment Fund (PIF) prolonged a $1.5 billion bid to the PGA Tour, which was finally turned down due to unsatisfactory situations. Former President Trump has pledged his continued involvement in discussions aimed at reconciling elite golf’s present schism.

After the proposal was declined, Trump talked about to the media aboard Air Force One: “Ultimately, hopefully, the two tours are going to merge.

“That’ll be good. I’m concerned in that too. But hopefully we’re going to get the 2 tours to merge. You have the PGA Tour and the LIV Tour. And I feel having them merge can be a great factor.”

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Previously in February, Trump spearheaded a White House summit with Tiger Woods, Adam Scott—a player-director—and Jay Monahan, the commissioner of the PGA Tour, as effectively as PIF lead Yasir Al-Rumayyan. But, those discussions veered off track as Al-Rumayyan rejected the situations provided by the PGA Tour, feeling slighted by them.

Since then, Al-Rumayyan has appeared to step back from partaking in future negotiations, however his admittance to the Masters.

The stance of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and PIF relating to any upcoming negotiations under the framework proposed by Trump stays unsure.