PGA Tour player directors encouraged to meet with Saudi backers of LIV Golf

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott said the player directors on the PGA Tour board are being encouraged to meet with the Saudi Arabia wealth fund leader behind LIV Golf, a sign that could spark talks of an investment.

Golfweek reported Friday evening a meeting could happen as soon as Monday, the day after The Players Championship. It cited two sources who said it was unclear if Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund, had committed to the meeting.

“I'm not sure that I can say much more other than we're being encouraged to potentially meet with them,” Spieth said, adding that it was “probably a good thing that the entire board should if there's going to be any potential for a negotiation.”

Scott said he would be as curious as he was to meet the U.S. private equity groups — from which Strategic Sports Group emerged as a minority investor with an initial $1.5 billion into PGA Tour Enterprises — "just to put a face to a name.”