Former US Open champion Dustin Johnson reveals that ‘LIV will continue until 2024…with Yasir Al-Rumayyan and Co. who are working on a full schedule for next year’ despite merging with PGA Tour
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Dustin Johnson has been told that LIV Golf will remain until 2024 despite the merger with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
The captain of the LIV league revealed in an interview with ESPN that Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund director Yasir Al-Rumayyan had “told him the circuit will continue to operate.”
Johnson told the Four Letter Network; “All I’ve heard is they’re still working on a full schedule for next year,” he said.
The rest of this year and 2024 will be the same as far as I know. After that you know as much as I do.’
Bryson DeChambeau also added that he had spoken with the new Saudi investor and that he expected competition to continue beyond this calendar year, but would not reveal details of the dialogue.
Dustin Johnson, who gears up for Thursday’s US Open, is confident LIV will be around through ’24
Saudi PIF director, Yasir Al-Rumayyan ‘told [Dustin Johnson the circuit will remain in business’
‘That is what was talked about,’ DeChambeau said. ‘Those are private conversations, and I don’t know exactly what his future plans are because he was right about to go on CNBC [June 6].
“I didn’t know what all was going on, but he said some other cool ideas that I think could be interesting for the game of golf.
“But we’ll see if it all happens because you still have to key in all the details. Much is unknown.’
That goes for the wider golf universe, amplified by the PGA Tour Commissioner’s furlough due to an unspecified medical issue.
The PGA Tour & DP World Tour announced they would be shockingly merging with LIV on June 6th
While it is currently unclear what the sport will look like after the partnership, That reports The Times there are plans to reward the Tour players who will not bow to the Saudi millions being offered to them.
The report claims a ‘compensation fund’ is being created for the likes of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, which will give them some of the money they missed by not joining the LIV Golf tour breakaway .
The plan allows the likes of Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka and Lee Westwood – who left the PGA for LIV – to keep the money they also received, while also giving the PGA’s top players significant cash to pay their financial rewards. increase’. .
Players from both entities will compete at the US Open at the Los Angeles Country Club Thursday through Sunday. The opening round start time is 9:45am ET.