The US-based circuit said in a statement PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and player director Adam Scott had met with US President Donald Trump on February 4, when they asked him to get involved in their talks with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
"We asked the President to get involved for the good of the game, the good of the country, and for all the countries involved," the PGA Tour said in a statement, which was made by Monahan, Scott and fellow player director Tiger Woods.
"We are grateful that his leadership has brought us closer to a final deal, paving the way for reunification of men's professional golf."
LIV Golf, which features a no-cut, 54-hole events, held its inaugural event in June 2022, and through mega-money contracts and lucrative purses has since lured a number of golf's biggest names, including major champions Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.
After a year of acrimony, the PGA Tour, PIF and Europe-based DP World Tour announced a framework agreement in June 2023 to house their commercial operations in a new entity and set December 31 of that year as a deadline to reach a definitive agreement.
That announcement brought an end to legal battles between the parties but raised concerns in Washington from lawmakers who are mistrustful of Saudi Arabia and critical of the country's human rights record.
The sides extended the deadline and as talks with the PIF dragged on, outside investor interest in the PGA Tour heated up by way of Strategic Sports Group, an investment group headlined by Fenway Sports Group.
LIV Golf has played at courses owned by Donald Trump since its inception and will do so again in 2025 with its April 4-6 event scheduled to be held at Trump National Doral in Miami.Â
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