PGA Visit Magistrate Jay Monahan went through over an hour making sense of for players Tuesday evening why he altered his perspective on taking Saudi finances in an unexpected cooperation, saying it at last was for their advantage.
What's more, to think it was almost a year prior to the day that Saudi-supported LIV Golf jump started in its debut occasion as an opponent and a danger, flush with turncoats from golf's top circuit.
Ethics were addressed. Claims were documented. Golf players multiplied down on their affiliations.
A consolidation, it appeared, wasn't possible. Yet, on Tuesday, experts from the two visits were surprised by news that their universes would impact — that the PGA Visit, European visit and LIV Golf were blending.
"As time went on, conditions changed," Monahan said in a phone call after the gathering. "I don't think having this strain in our sport was correct or economical.
"I perceive all that I've said previously. I perceive individuals will call me a charlatan. Any time I've said anything, I've expressed it with the data I had, and I expressed it with somebody attempting to rival our visit and our players."
Before Monahan could send a notice to players, a media source broke the restricted declaration that the visits were blending business interests. A few players found out about it via web-based entertainment.
Also, that is where they answered.
"In no way like figuring out through Twitter that we're converging with a visit that we said we'd never do that with," Mackenzie Hughes tweeted.
Paula Parente