Donald Trump urges LIV Golf players to return to PGA Tour as chaos grows

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Donald Trump has urged that golfers who defected to LIV Golf should be permitted to return to the PGA Tour, following Saudi Arabia's decision to cease funding the breakaway competition.The league will continue receiving financial backing through the current season, with Trump National Golf Club Washington DC set to stage a $30million tournament next week."I want to see Rory [McIlroy] playing Bryson DeChambeau.

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I want to see big Jon Rahm playing Scottie Scheffler," the US president stated."That's why the Masters was so good, because you saw everybody together." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Trump emphasised that spectators desire these matchups, adding: "People want to see that.

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The tour wants to have the best players.

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You can't have the best players if they're boycotting."According to the Telegraph, both the PGA Tour and DP World Tour have been contacted by numerous agents in recent days seeking clarity on how their clients might regain membership.Sources suggest a potential mass...

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Golf insiders believe Bryson DeChambeau could be about to become a full-time YouTube content creator, with the future of LIV Golf currently up in the air.On Thursday, it was confirmed that the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund was pulling funding for the controversial breakaway tour, four years after its creation.It followed weeks of rumours about the future of LIV Golf, with the future of the division now up in the air.Tournament chiefs will seek funding elsewhere but there's a sense that LIV's biggest names could walk away, potentially even back to the PGA Tour.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say DeChambeau is one of the biggest names in the league, with the American believed to be in talks over a new contract before Thursday's announcement.In an ideal world, LIV chiefs would continue to have the 32-year-old as one of their poster boys.However, according to the BBC, golf insiders have been discussing the possibility that DeChambeau could opt to become a YouTuber full-time.It's...

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