A report indicates that the PGA Tour and the Saudi PIF are close to reaching an agreement in the coming weeks.

PGA Tour Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is thanking President Donald Trump for helping the tour close in on a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf.

President Trump has been heavily involved with his favorite sport, golf, since returning to the White House last month, and last week he had an Oval Office meeting with Adam Scott about a possible PGA-LIV deal,

PHOENIX — PGA Tour officials met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the tour said, in its first public acknowledgement of his role in potentially clearing the way for the tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund to strike a completed deal to ultimately reunify the men’s professional game.

The PGA Tour remain in negotiations with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) over striking a deal, and new LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil has had his say on the talks

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player director Adam Scott met earlier this week with President Donald Trump as the Tour tries to reach a final agreement with the Saudi Public Investment Fund that would help reunify the sport.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player-director Adam Scott met with President Donald Trump to discuss the Tour's possible merger with LIV Golf.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House this week as the tour moves closer to finalizing a long-sought investment deal with the Saudi Arabian backers of rival LIV Golf.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player director Adam Scott met with Donald Trump to discuss the PIF deal.

Talks have dragged on 14 months past an original deadline between the two parties. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Scott said the meeting lasted about 40 minutes in the Oval Office and was a “really positive” step for the Tour in its ongoing negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.