A merger of the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV into one unified commercial entity was announced last month to end a bitter year-long feud that split the sport.
"To be clear, we're not party to the agreement, and while we absolutely welcome an end to the disruption in the men's professional game, there is a lot still to be understood." Slumbers said the R&A was awaiting further developments regarding the merger with interest but would be focusing on things that it can control.
"I think where we were last year in this room was extremely tense and it's disappointing that for our game, the first championship to get to 150th, two thirds of this meeting were focused on the topic which had nothing to do with the 150th," Slumbers said."This constant discussion about money was in my opinion damaging the perception of our sport worldwide. We need to move beyond that, and that's why we welcomed the announcement.