Golf, Power, and the White House Tee Time

On February 20, 2025, President Trump hosted a White House meeting with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, golfers Tiger Woods and Adam Scott, and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the Saudi Public Investment Fund governor who also chairs LIV Golf. The gathering focused on a possible "reunification" of the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf, two rival circuits that split acrimoniously in 2022.

The meeting drew attention because it placed the president at the center of a private commercial negotiation involving a foreign sovereign wealth fund, at a venue that lends unusual weight and visibility to the talks. Monahan credited Trump's involvement with jump-starting the reunification discussion, while Al-Rumayyan and the Saudi side gained a high-profile seat at the table.

No deal terms were finalized at the meeting, and the future structure of the two tours remains unresolved. Critics see the episode as another example of presidential access being used to advance private business interests, though no wrongdoing or ethics violation has been established.