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PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan speaks during a news conference before the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, June 22, 2022, in Cromwell, Conn. The PGA Tour is getting a $3 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group in a deal that would give players access to more than $1.5 billion as equity owners in the new PGA Tour Enterprises. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the announcement expected to be released Wednesday morning, Jan. 31, 2024. Monahan was holding a conference call with players about the deal that was finalized Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) **FILE**

PGA Tour strikes $3 billion deal with Fenway-led investment group

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Committee chairman Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Ct., speaks during a homeland security and governmental affairs subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, regarding the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf partnership. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Senate panel wants cooperation from Saudis in proposed deal with PGA Tour

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses with his trophy after he won the final round of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) **FILE**

McIlroy: PGA Tour cheapened without LIV Golf players

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Nick Dunlap reacts after making his putt on the 18th hole of the Pete Dye Stadium Course during the final round to win the American Express golf tournament, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, in La Quinta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Dunlap becomes first amateur winner on PGA Tour since 1991 with win at The American Express

By Greg Beacham - Associated Press

Chris Kirk holds the champions trophy after the final round of The Sentry golf event, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Kirk makes late birdie to take PGA Tour season opener at Kapalua

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Focus still not on golf at start of PGA Tour season

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, watches his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Scheffler has been voted PGA Tour player of the year over Masters champion Jon Rahm, a player vote that raises questions of whether Rahm was penalized for defecting to LIV Golf. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) **FILE**

Scheffler voted PGA Tour player of the year over Rahm

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, walks on the third green during the third round of the Tour Championship golf tournament, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Atlanta. Now, even LIV’s biggest detractor at the outset, four-time major champion McIlroy, has suggested the Ryder Cup gatekeepers consider easing their stance against LIV players competing for Europe. Golf’s prestigious team event — which pits the best from the U.S. against the best from Europe and where none of the players are paid to play — was considered more-or-less off limits to those who defected to LIV, especially on the European side. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File) **FILE**

McIlroy eases off criticism, says LIV Golf is ‘part of our sport now’

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan on the first tee box during the first round of the Tour Championship golf tournament at East Lake Golf Club, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. Monahan's 2023 is best remembered for secretly negotiating a business agreement with the Saudi-backers of rival LIV Golf. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, File) **FILE**

PGA Tour seeks commercial deal extension with Saudis, private investors

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Justin Thomas, of the United States, reacts after making a birdie on the 17th hole during the third round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Justin Thomas says new year in golf brings opportunity

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Phil Mickelson lines up a shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., July 29, 2022. At the dawn of 2023, the specter of Saudi Arabia’s growing influence on pro golf — and sports in general — served not only as a moral conundrum for players and their fans, but also, some argued, as an existential threat to the multibillion-dollar professional-sports industry itself. Twelve months later, it's a different conversation, now virtually devoid of concern about supposed “sportswashing” and more fixed on just how rich the Saudis might make all these athletes before they’re done investing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

In 2023, the Saudis dove further into sports. They are expected to keep it up in 2024

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

In a photo provided by LIV Golf, Jon Rahm, left, and LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman pose for a photo in New York on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Rahm announced Thursday he's joining LIV Golf. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/LIV Golf via AP) **FILE**

Rahm to be measured by more than words

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

In a photo provided by LIV Golf, Jon Rahm, left, and LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman pose for a photo in New York on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Rahm announced Thursday he's joining LIV Golf. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/LIV Golf via AP) **FILE**

PGA Tour selects Fenway group among investors, plans more Saudi talks

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Spain's Jon Rahm, right greets United States' Phil Mickelson on the 1st tee during a practice round for the British Open Golf Championships at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The Open starts Thursday, July 20. Rahm has been saying that he plays golf for history and for legacy, not for money. And now he's playing for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League in a shocking departure from the PGA Tour. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File) **FILE**

Rahm’s defection to LIV shows depth of golf’s fracture

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

In a photo provided by LIV Golf, Jon Rahm, poses for a photo Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. Masters champion Rahm bolted for Saudi-funded LIV Golf on Thursday for what's believed to be more money than the PGA Tour's entire prize fund, a stunning blow that deepens the divide in golf as the two sides were negotiating a commercial deal. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/LIV Golf via AP)

Jon Rahm is leaving for LIV Golf. Here’s what it means for LIV and the PGA Tour

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

In a photo provided by LIV Golf, Jon Rahm, left, and LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman pose for a photo in New York on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Rahm announced Thursday he's joining LIV Golf. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/LIV Golf via AP) **FILE**

Masters champion Rahm bolts for LIV Golf in a stunning blow to the PGA Tour

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Jon Rahm from Spain plays his second shot on the second hole hole during the final round of the DP World Tour Championship golf tournament, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) **FILE**

Masters champion Jon Rahm on the verge of signing with LIV Golf

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Tiger Woods tees off on the third hole during the second round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Golf officials to roll back ball for pros and weekend hackers alike. Not everyone is happy

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Jason Dufner and Kevin Chappell among 73 players in LIV Golf Promotions qualifier

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Tiger Woods, left, congratulates his son Charlie Woods, right, after finishing the 18th hole during the first round of the PNC Championship golf tournament Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Woods and his son are returning to play in this year's tournament for the fourth straight year. (AP Photo/Kevin Kolczynski, File)

Tiger Woods sounds more optimistic about his game than a Saudi deal getting done on time

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press