LIV Golf’s Ian Poulter believes collaboration is key for the future of men’s professional golf.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan recently mentioned that talks with the PIF are still ongoing, but a deal to unify LIV Golf and other major tours likely won’t happen before 2028.
While these discussions continue, golfers and fans can imagine what the sport might look like if everything goes perfectly .
Speaking at the International Series England, one of ten special events on the Asian Tour, Poulter shared his vision for golf in the coming years. He said, “Look, I think the bigger picture would be having a collaboration where the best players in the world have an opportunity to compete again with one another. How that lays itself out, we have yet to see but hopefully the game of golf will put us back in that position at some point.”
Future Collaboration:
Poulter emphasized that figuring out how players can participate across different tours—like LIV, PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and Asian Tour—requires compromise from all sides. “Find out a way to make it right so there is going to have to be a level of compromise from all sides,” he explained.
Since June 6, 2023, when an initial agreement was made, progress has been slow. However, both parties remain optimistic about reaching a positive outcome. Fans might feel anxious about this prolonged uncertainty.
Poulter noted that reaching a deal was always going to take years due to its complexity. “The structure of that is quite complex and I think that’s one of the issues when some people in the outside world are frustrated it’s taken so long,” he said. “It’s not easy; there’s a lot at play here to make these things work.”
Despite being sidelined by an ankle injury before International Series England started, Poulter is expected to return for LIV Golf Greenbrier this weekend.
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