A PGA Tour player definitively denied a report that LIV Golf players could play in The Players Championship in a few weeks in March.
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MorethanayearandahalfaftertheframeworkagreementwassignedinJune2023,negotiationsbetweenthePGATourandSaudiArabia’sPublicInvestmentFund(PIF)appeartobemovingtowardsaresolution.Infact,thecurrentmonthofFebruary2025hasseenaflurryofevents,includingtwomeetingswithPresidentDonaldTrumpattheWhiteHouse.
Thisrushofeventshasgeneratedstreamsofinformationcirculatingonallplatforms.Oneofthemostrecentisalsooneoftheleastlikely:GolfChannel’sRexHogardreportedthattheLIVGolfplayerscouldbereturningtothePGATourassoonasnextmonth’sPLAYERSChampionship.
“I’llgoonestepfurther,”Hoggardsaid,accordingtoTheGolfingGazette.“IcouldsaythepossibilityofnextmonthwithThePlayersChampionshiplooming.IspoketooneLIVplayerwhohasactuallyheardfromthePGATouraboutthepossibilityofshowingupattheflagshipevent,”
However,notallthoseinvolvedbelievethatthisispossible,oratleastthatitwi
