A LIV triumph at The Masters DeChambeau says Tour negotiations not affected by who wins | Golf

When the first tee shot in the 88th Masters Tournament is struck on April 11, it will be the first time in 263 days that all the world's best players will be chasing the same prize.
Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler. Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy. Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth. Even aging stars Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
Savor these moments, because there doesn't seem to be peace in the immediate future.
The PGA Tour invited the Saudi backers of LIV Golf to the table in a stunning agreement last June to become commercial partners.
But then Congress got involved. The Justice Department had antitrust concerns. The tour began receiving offers from U.S. private equity groups. As the tour narrowed its list of suitors, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia flexed its financial muscle by luring away Rahm with an offer believed to be in the neighborhood of the tour's entire prize fund for the year.
The PGA Tour tour now has a $3 billion investment from a consortium of billionaire sports owners in the U.S., all while still negotiating with the Saudis. A month before the Masters, Woods, Spieth and the rest of the player-directors on the PGA Tour board met for the first time with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the PIF governor who refers to LIV as his “baby.
LIV doesn't appear to be going anywhere, and there is no consensus on how to bring LIV players back into the fold, if they even want to come back.
There remains a curiosity about the divide and how they perform. Rahm has played only five times since November leading up to the Masters. Is that enough? What does guaranteed cash do for motivation?
Those questions might have been answered last year. Koepka was runner-up at the Masters along with Mickelson. Patrick Reed was another shot behind. Koepka won the PGA Championship. Cameron Smith was fourth at the U.S. Open.
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