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The PGA Tour might have disregarded LIV Golf for the time being as it partnered with the Strategic Sports Group to make the for-profit entity, PGA Tour Entreprise. Although the PGA Tour-PIF merger remains in process, the new deal does not faze the breakaway league players or the CEO.

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Jon Rahm making his LIV Golf debut in Mayakoba, recently revealed in an interview that it was not the PGA Tour-PIF merger that was on his mind, rather the defection of Tyrrell Hatton occupied the back of the Spaniard’s brain.

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Jon Rahm gets candid over the PGA Tour-PIF deal

The coming together of the PGA Tour and the billionaire’s consortium may have shaken many and sparked questions about the PIF-PGAT merger, but not Jon Rahm. He was busy thinking about his team and whether Tyrrell Hatton would be accompanying him at El Cardonal, Mayakoba.

At the El Camaleon GC, the Spaniard’s team gave the pre-match interview. Rahm was asked if he had thought about the merger. The 4x major winner said, “We’ve had enough to think about.” Furthermore, he said he was “worried about maybe not having Tyrrell here this week.”

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Rahm’s nightmare was if Hatton would not be sitting beside him for the first LIV Golf that “was really in the back of my mind, like really far back in my mind.” He also thinks it is not his place to be worried about the deal. Rahm exclaimed that “there were a lot bigger” and smarter people “that actually have a say in it” would eventually be worried. And he believed it is them who “should be thinking about it.”

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The 11x PGA Tour winner was not there to be worried about any merger or deal, he was there “to play golf, perform, and whatever comes comes.” Rahm’s thoughts were clear about the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. He has chosen to join the latter league, and what happens at Tour does not bother him the least. It was not just him unfazed by the deal, LIV Golf CEO, Greg Norman, and loyalist, Bryson DeChambeau remained positive about the PGA Tour-SSG deal.

Bryson DeChambeau and Greg Norman talk about PGA Tour enterprise 

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The PGA Tour and SSG partnership was taken as the positive progression of the game of golf. Greg Norman found that any investment in the game would be beneficial for the game and them. He also took it as a “positive development” for the players, fans, and for the future of golf,

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While Bryson DeChambeau has previously vocalized that the PGA Tour-PIF deal would come through thought that the investment is gigantic and “positive” for golf’s future. However, he expressed that he wishes at some point, LIV Golf and PGA Tour will come together for the betterment of all.

The recent stance of Norman and DeChambeau is the opposite of what Yasir Al-Rumayyan thought of the deal. Will the PGA Tour and LIV Golf come together shortly? The future of the PIF-PGA Tour looks bleak and uncertain.

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Huda Khambe is a Golf Writer for EssentiallySports. Growing up watching Tiger Woods and Annika Sorenstam bag one major after the other, Huda Khambe set herself on a path to becoming a sports writer early on. With a year of prior experience in writing, Huda now brings the greens to life with her unique insights on her favorite storylines, such as Jack Nicklaus's record rivalry with Tiger Woods and its impact on both stars. Off hours too, Huda's life involves sports, with her either reading athletes' biographies or immersing herself into livestreams of Valorant and Counterstrike.

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