Commissioner Jay Monahan was called a"hypocrite" during an intense players-only meeting in Toronto Tuesday following the PGA's merger with LIV Golf and the DP World Tour.
The players found out about the merger when Monahan and PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan made the announcement on CNBC Tuesday morning. RBC Canadian OpenThat meeting was"intense" and"heated," according to Yahoo Sports, and PGA Tour pro Geoff Ogilvy confirmed Monahan was getting ripped. He added that Monahan was called a hypocrite, noting"he took it, he said yeah."
Now that the organizations have merged there are frustrations among players who backed Monahan and the PGA Tour front office. "Well, I talked to players, I talked at a player meeting," Monahan said at the time."And I've talked to a number of players individually for a long period of time. And I think you'd have to be living under a rock to not know that there are significant implications.