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EXPLAINED: Report pga tour declines saudi pif proposal leaving reunification in doubt | Rare Historical Photos

The Saudi Arabia Public Investment fund wants to keep LIV Golf in its current form through reunification but the PGA Tour doesn't share that desire. | Michele Eve Sandberg/Icon Sportswire

DORAL, Fla. — The PGA Tour has declined the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund’s request to assure it that the LIV Golf League could exist in its current form, with governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan also getting a seat on the Tour’s Policy Board, leaving the two sides far apart in their efforts to reunify men’s professional golf.

The Guardian newspaper reported that the PGA Tour replied to the PIF on Monday and deemed such an arrangement unacceptable but still wanting to reach agreement on a deal that would see the PIF invest more than $1 billion into PGA Tour Enterprises.

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