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If LIV Golf players want to reunite with the PGA Tour, then they’re responsible for mending fences. At least, that’s the view of world No. 1 and reigning PGA Championship winner Scottie Scheffler when asked about the stalled negotiations between the two sides.
For over a year now, LIV Golf and the PGA Tour have been working to find an agreement to unite the two sides. But lately, those talks have hit a standstill and star LIV players, such as Jon Rahm, have expressed their frustration with routinely missing out on golf’s premier events. But Scheffler seemingly has little sympathy.
“We had a tour where we all played together and the guys that left, it’s their responsibility to bring the tours back together. Go see where they are playing this week and ask them.”
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““I have said it a few times this year. If you want to figure out what’s going to happen in the game of golf, go to the other tour and ask those guys,” Scheffler said ahead of this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. ““I’m still here playing the PGA Tour. We had a tour where we all played together and the guys that left, it’s their responsibility to bring the tours back together. Go see where they are playing this week and ask them.”
Asked whether his performance in majors would, like Rahm’s, take a hit had he chosen to leave the PGA Tour, Scheffler offered a non-commital answer that was similarly biting.
“Who knows? I only get to compete against those guys four times a year. That was their choice; not mine,” Scheffler said. “We get four chances to compete against them. Last week went well. I get another chance here in a few weeks.”
Rahm served as the top-ranked golfer in the world six times between July of 2020 and May of 2023. In that timespan, he had five top-10 finishes in major championships and two victories. However, since leaving the PGA Tour he has just two top-10 finishes in majors, including zero victories or even top-five finishes. In that same time frame, Scheffler has five top-10 finishes and a pair of wins.