Jimmy Dunne (Negotiator of June 6 Deal) Resigns from PGA Tour Board

The shitshow rolls on.

The tour as it stands now is a shell of what it once was. How Jay has a job is beyond me.

This was a power move by Woods and co. They are all still bitter about June 6th that they can’t let it go.

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Since there was no exclusivity clause, the players had a full range of options to seek outside investors. That resulted in a multi-billion-dollar commitment from the Strategic Sports Group. I believe that history will look favorably on this outcome and the very real opportunities now afforded the Tour.

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Seems that development has been what has really stalled the merger from moving forward. At the end of 2023, everything seemed to be moving for a deal by April of this year.

Or maybe it was getting the players more involved (which was the right thing to do), but it seems like they would want to bring everyone back together sooner rather than later.

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Unifying professional golf is paramount to restoring fan interest and repairing wounds left from a fractured game. I have tried my best to move all minds in that direction.

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I always figured that was the ideal solution. LIV Golf would still be around in some form, but all the best players would be playing in tournaments together more than 4x/year.

From what I read, he has not been involved with negotiations since the framework agreement & his vote to approve any type of deal is essentially meaningless now with the players making the decision.

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Dunne noted in his letter that he has had zero involvement with the PIF negotiations since June 2023, but noted during his testimony that he would back the players in the event of an agreement with the PIF. Are we closer to that happening? It depends on whom you ask. Dunne feels his role as master negotiator has become moot. DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings noted in April that all three parties of the original agreement had still not been in the same room together. Only in March did player directors all congregate in the Bahamas for a meet-and-greet with Al-Rumayyan, a move that Dunne himself made happen 11 months prior. It has become clear that differences of opinion have slowed the board’s movement in recent months.

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The only noteworthy thing to me is that there has been no progress. On top of that, the news that Tiger & Rory see the “future of professional golf” differently makes me less optimistic about a deal being made.

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How the hell does Monahan still have a job

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They seem to be staggering the exits piece-by-piece. Instead of letting everyone go responsible for that debacle at once, they are letting them exit over time on their own terms. It wouldn't surprise me to see Monihan "retire" sometime in the next 12 months.

They tried to force-feed an agreement onto both sides. It was clear from the get-go that neither group of players from either side had a say in this, nor had any desire to merge. Dumb move by the powers that be.

There is no way to negotiate a merger while the LIV players are under multi-year contracts where they got signing bonuses. Those contracts must be allowed to play out their lifespan. So, since there nothing that can be done for the next 3 years anyway, let the sides take their time and find a solution everyone likes, not one forced on them.

Eventually, the LIV guys will realize that their business model isn't working stand alone, and the PGA Tour guys will get over themselves and realize that the LIV players and a lot about their tour is good for golf, and this will end.

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There is no way to negotiate a merger while the LIV players are under multi-year contracts where they got signing bonuses. Those contracts must be allowed to play out their lifespan

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The merger is between PGA & PIF. Separate from LIV. That’s a big step in bringing all the best players back together & they’re probably discussing what the future plans are, but I don’t believe that is the hold up.

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From what I've read Dunne and Herlihy cut the deal with PIF and Jay wasn't even in on the negotiations. Then Jay got hung out to dry having to be the face of this deal that the players were blindsided by

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Why are you posting BS like this when you’re so uninformed?

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On May 12, 2023, Jimmy Dunne was in Venice, Italy, meeting with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, among others. Jay Monahan was there, too, looking to establish an agreement between the PIF and the PGA Tour to reunify the sport.

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From Dunne’s letter:
“As directed by Commissioner Monahan, I engaged LIV’s majority owner, the Public Investment Fund, to see if we could end the lawsuits and reunify the game.”

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The PGAT doesn't need LIV. Fight it out for a few more years and watch LIV fade away.

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That’s obviously not going to happen. LIV will continue to pluck some of the best talent away from PGA Tour - they just need to offer more $ than player’s “equity” in PGA Tour Enterprises.
The best deal for professional golf is a merger

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It's the player's tour and they'll have the final say, as they should.

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the players couldn't run a hot dog stand by themselves.

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LIV is what it is: it's the Champions Tour with 10 times the income for the players and a place for major championship winners to get paid more to play less golf.

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that’s maybe like 10 out of the 50+ players on LIV.
The concern would be young international players choosing LIV over PGA Tour like Aberg, Hovland.
Can’t underestimate how detrimental it would be to lose another wave like Schauffele, Cantlay, Fleetwood, Matsuyama, etc

I think you’ve got some of them mixed up, but they have 38 guys under 40. 11 under 30.

The old guys will eventually move on & serve as Team owner/GM. Opens more spots for younger players from PGA