LIV Golf returns to England - but sport's future remains unclear after PGA merger

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A year after being ostracised by the golfing establishment, the Saudi-funded LIV rebels are back competing in England as they prepare to come in from the cold.

But not even the players who risked their reputations for LIV know the details of a peace deal that is still being pieced together.that was announced last month.

PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan left the players to do the talking as he played the Centurion Club course.Saudi Arabia 'sportswashing' claims explainedThe acrimony has faded now the players are looking to a future involving readmission to the PGA and DP World Tours that banished them - and issued some fines for splitting off., and I think that's good for the sport to have that amount of money being directed into the sport across the board.

"But it's not all about that. It is about chasing tradition and legacy, and that is obviously something that we've been accused of turning our back on."Ultimately the gamble of hitching themselves to the Saudis seems to have paid off with the PGA now aligning with PIF - which is also bankrolling an influx of football stars from Europe to the kingdom this year.

 

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