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2 Days After PGA Tour- LIV Merger, Serena Williams Seizes the Occasion as She Teases a ‘Big Swing’ With Two of the Biggest Cheerleaders by Her Side

Published 06/08/2023, 9:02 AM EDT

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The PGA Tour and LIV Golf have been at loggerheads for a long time. However, in a landmark announcement that triggered shockwaves, the bitter rivals finally put the animosity between them to bed and joined forces. The collaboration also consists of the DP World Tour. If everything goes to plan, this coming together of the golf world’s biggest players would go a long way towards achieving its proclaimed objective, which is to unite a sport that has seen numerous divisions and conflicts in recent years. Tennis legend Serena Williams along with her tech entrepreneur husband Alexis Ohanian also seem intent on making their presence felt in the world of golf.

The happily married couple, who are expecting their second child, took to Instagram. They didn’t fail at getting fans all curious and excited. While what the two are up to is still a hush-hush affair, all signs point to the probability of them furthering their business ambitions.

Serena Williams and husband Alexis Ohanian tease followers with images that are all about golf

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2022 turned out to be a sad year for women’s tennis. After all, Serena Williams, a 23-time singles Grand Slam title winner, decided to move on from the sport. Since retirement, Williams’ focus has firmly been on family and business. Judging by her and husband Alexis Ohanian’s latest posts on Instagram, the two look all set to come together once again for a bold business move.

Williams’ Instagram post consisted of two images. The first one showed her left hand holding a golf club. The second one featured Williams and Ohanian’s 5-year-old daughter, who was all smiles as her mother held the pink, black, and white golf club in the background.

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In a separate Instagram post that Williams’ husband Ohanian shared a couple of hours later, the entrepreneur teased followers with the image of a golf ball. Ohanian captioned the post, “It’s time to tee off something new. Tomorrow.” All in all, it’s safe to say that Williams and Ohanian’s fans can’t wait for the full revelation to come their way.

Months After His Whopping $2,000,000 Initiative, Serena Williams Husband Alexis Ohanian Announces a Major ‘Wolf of the Wall Street’ Partnership

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What the PGA Tour and LIV Golf collaboration means for golf

The collaboration has unified the commercial businesses of LIV Golf, DP World Tour, and the PGA Tour. The new company that will arise from the mammoth move still doesn’t have a name of its own. However, you can expect the official name of the new entity to be revealed soon.

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The sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, PIP, is in charge of driving the entity’s global expansion. So far, it has poured in astronomical sums of money. This amounts to several billions to guarantee the entity’s long-term success. However, the decision has generated substantial controversy as well owing to the PGA Tour’s seemingly sudden U-turn. For a long time, it criticized the LIV Golf tour for its ties with Saudi Arabia. However, now that the criticism seems to have been shelved, it looks like the beginning of a new era for the world of golf.

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Sudipto is a Tennis writer at EssentiallySports. He completed his graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2012. His passion for writing became a full-time profession in 2019 after working as a musician and travelling educator.
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