Former President Donald Trump spoke favorably of the controversial merger between LIV Golf and PGA Tour.
In an appearance on Andrew Giuliani's radio show, Trump, a noted fan and player of golf, said that he believes the merger between the golfing giants will go through, and that it will be a good thing. However, he did note that while he believes the merger will happen, there is the possibility it won't work.
"In any event, if you're a golfer, you take the money, and you run because you have to do that," he continued."It just made sense. And a lot of great golfers were offered over 10s of millions of dollars, and they didn't take it, and then the merger was announced, and they didn't take it, so I don't know how they how they're feeling about themselves right now.
"But they should have," Trump added."They should have listened to me. I said there'll be a merger; that was my opinion. But even if there wasn't, even if it failed, the money was upfront." The former president then praised LIV Golf, one of Saudi Arabia's many sports investments, and with whom he has had a controversial relationship."The Saudis are very, very good people," he said."I know them very well. They'll do; I think they're gonna do a great job. The tour had a chance to do some great things with them, and they turned them down, and now they're paying a pretty rough price. But it wasn't handled well by the Tour, that I can tell you.
Trump has hosted LIV Golf tournaments on his own golf courses and had predicted a merger with PGA Tour would happen as early as last year.
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