By Phil Casey
Jordan Spieth has confirmed {that a} group of PGA Tour gamers are near assembly officers from Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund as efforts proceed to make a deal to finish golf’s civil warfare.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan revealed on Tuesday that he had met with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan in January and Golfweek reported on Friday that the Tour’s player-directors have been set to observe swimsuit imminently.
Spieth, who’s one in every of six player-directors, was requested if that report was correct following his second spherical within the Gamers Championship at Sawgrass.
“We’re being inspired to probably meet with them sooner or later, yeah,” Spieth mentioned.
Requested when that was going to occur, the previous world primary added: “I’m unsure that I can say far more apart from we’re being inspired to probably meet with them, however on the identical time we most likely really feel like our membership ought to know timings and what may occur and simply on the whole perhaps it’s only a meet.
“I feel there’s not an entire lot extra I can say about that, however we’re being inspired clearly which I feel might be a superb factor that the complete board ought to [meet] if there’s going to be any potential for a negotiation.”
Spieth was additionally requested to deal with his half within the drop controversy throughout Thursday’s first spherical at Sawgrass, when he and Viktor Hovland appeared to query the place enjoying associate Rory McIlroy was taking a penalty drop after hitting his tee shot into the water on the seventh.
“I believed it ended up in a great place,” Spieth mentioned. “I solely walked over there as a result of I believed he had dropped it after which he was questioning the place he was dropping it.
“So I used to be simply attempting to verify he didn’t play it and everybody was good. I used to be good with the spot he was selecting.
“I get it’s me and Rory, however that sort of dialog most likely occurred a dozen occasions yesterday in teams.
“Once more, it was like Viktor was having the dialog, and I solely walked over as a result of it appeared like, ‘hey, let’s simply be certain the whole lot is all proper’, which I wasn’t even planning on getting concerned and perhaps shouldn’t have, nevertheless it appeared like they have been perhaps at a sticking level.
“So I believed perhaps I may assist.”
