Trump urges PGA Tour to welcome back LIV rebels after Saudi funding dries up [View all]

Donald Trump has supported the reintroduction of LIV Golf players on to the PGA Tour after the league announced the withdrawal of funding by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).

The US president said he would love to see top golfers who defected to the LIV circuit playing regularly against the PGA Tour’s best as uncertainty engulfed the breakaway league after the PIF announcement.

Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, was asked if the PGA Tour should welcome back golfers who jumped ship to LIV, lured by massive contracts backed by PIF. “Well, I do,” he said. “I’d love to see LIV. But I do believe that all of the golfers should be playing – the great golfers – should be playing against each other. I want to see Rory [McIlroy] playing Bryson DeChambeau. I want to see big Jon Rahm play Scottie [Scheffler], who is so great.

“There’s something nice about all of the players playing together. Now they’ll all be accepted by the tour … they’ll all be back on tour and it’ll be great,” Trump added.



https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/01/donald-trump-urges-pga-tour-welcome-back-liv-rebels-golf