President-elect Donald Trump recently engaged with key figures from both sides of apotential PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger, highlighting his involvement in the ongoing negotiations shaping the future of professional golf,the Washington Post reports citing sources it says are familiar with the matter. On Friday, Trump played golf with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan in Florida. The next day, he attended a UFC fight in New York, where he met PIF Governor Yasir al-Rumayyan, alongside Elon Musk.

The president-elect is confident that he can broker an agreement between the rival tours, saying earlier this month on Jim Gray and Bill Belichick’s “Let’s Go” Podcast that it would take him “the better part of 15 minutes” to square away an agreement (listen, runtime: 24:16). Nevertheless, the incoming president has said that he has larger priorities on his immediate agenda.

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