One year after the shock unveiling of a merger agreement between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf's Saudi financial backers, the controversial move has not produced a finalized deal.Deciding details of the path back to the unified series for PGA defectors and any accompanying punishment is a likely block to a final deal, as is a potential united tour with many more global stops compared to the mostly US-based PGA. Television ratings have dipped this year, seen as a sign golf fans are weary of the LIV-P
Rory McIlroy believes that LIV Golf will carry on getting stronger despite the talks of a merger with the PGA Tour and can foresee a situation where the big names on both circuits play in each other’s events.
Clark was playing at Oklahoma State University the last time Pinehurst staged the US Open in 2014.