European golf chief makes truly shocking PGA Tour-PIF admission
European Tour Group chief executive Guy Kinnings says officials from the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia have yet to formally meet.
Kinnings made the alarming admission to a small group of reporters in a media session this week.
In that Q&A, the 60-year-old Englishman also made comments that might ruffle the feathers of the ageing European Ryder Cup stars who bolted to LIV Golf two years ago.
Kinnings said there was ‘no need to change’ the Ryder Cup eligibility rules for LIV players for next year’s contest in New York.
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European golf chief makes truly shocking PGA Tour-PIF admission
European Tour Group chief executive Guy Kinnings says officials from the PGA Tour and DPWT are yet to formally meet with LIV Golf’s PIF backers.

26 Apr 2024

Guy Kinnings
European Tour Group chief executive Guy Kinnings says officials from the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia have yet to formally meet.
Kinnings made the alarming admission to a small group of reporters in a media session this week.
In that Q&A, the 60-year-old Englishman also made comments that might ruffle the feathers of the ageing European Ryder Cup stars who bolted to LIV Golf two years ago.
Kinnings said there was ‘no need to change’ the Ryder Cup eligibility rules for LIV players for next year’s contest in New York.
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His words will undoubtedly be music to the ears of Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton.
Hatton and Rahm both admitted they had put their Ryder Cup futures in jeopardy by joining LIV.
But Kinnings confirmed they can play the Ryder Cup providing they meet certain conditions.
Those conditions? Pay fines and, more crucially, serve a suspensions for DP World Tour events even if they are not entered.
Kinnings insisted this wasn’t a loophole.
And it raises the prospect of Rahm and Hatton teeing it up in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in November.
Theoretically, both players could also play the Andalucia Masters and French Open once LIV’s season is concluded.
Kinnings also had some thoughts on how to resolve the schism in elite men’s professional golf.
