Although there is less and less optimism, fans still have hope that LIV Golf and the PGA Tour will find common ground and move into the future together. However, it seems that it will be difficult to reach a final agreement, and the statements of the new PGA Tour CEO have further awakened pessimism.
At the press conference before the start of the Tour Championship, Rolapp revealed a lot of interesting details, and the reporters were interested in whether the agreement between the Saudi-backed Tour and the PGA is close?
Brian Rolapp stressed that the focus is on strengthening the Tour, while on the other hand, he is not too focused on such negotiations.
He prefers to put the accent on the PGA , wanting to make this product even stronger.
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"I think my primary focus is going to be on strengthening the TOUR, and blank sheet of paper means blank sheet of paper. Whatever does that, I'll pursue aggressively. That's how I view it.."- he said.
When asked by the reporter that fans want to see the best golfers in one place, Brian had an interesting answer:
"Yeah, I think, yeah, golf fans want to see the best competition possible in the sport that they love in a competitive model that makes sense.."- he said.
Rolapp shares frustrations
However, it seems that some reporters are frustrated with the situation in the world of golf, asking Rolapp if he would not like to see the best golfers in one place, considering it a priority of his engagement.
Frustrated by questions like these, Brian believes that the best golfers in the world play on the PGA, not too much for other things.
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It seems that the new CEO does not want to delve deeply into such topics, but also causing mixed reactions in the public.
"Look, I think I'm going to focus on what I can control. I would offer to you that the best collection of golfers in the world are on the PGA. I think there's a bunch of metrics that demonstrate that, from rankings to viewership to whatever you want to pick. I'm going to lean into that and strengthen that.
I will also say that to the extent we can do anything that's going to further strengthen the PGA TOUR, we'll do that, and I'm interested in exploring whatever strengthens the PGA TOUR.."- he said.
