and act as a shock merger with the saudi backed rival liv golf, ending a bitter split in men s professional golf. announces a shock merger. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. hello from the bbc sport centre. astonishing news from the world of golf, the astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga tour astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga tour has astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga tour has agreed astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga tour has agreed to merge with liv golf and it has been a difficult time for the last year in professional golf and the controversial breakaway league bankrolled by billions of dollars from saudi arabia s sovereign wealth fund led to the pga tour banning the golfers who joined it and personal feuds between players. we can speak to our bbc golf commentator. how significant is the news? hugely significant- si
saw this coming is the solution to the problem. a merger announced today and even the players as we can see on social media, finding out at the same time as the rest of us, a former open champion has just said he has found out the news the same way as everybody else. it will be fascinating to see what the fallout is from this absolute surprise announcement because so many players pinned their reputations and financial security on a backing the pga tour but now the pga tour have said they will be merging with the liv golf and taking an awful lot of money from saudi arabia and may be that this part of the story that could not go away. it is the liv golf saudi money which has done the talking here really and persuaded