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Spieth remains tight-lipped over LIV Golf merger – ‘I could get in trouble’

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Jordan Spieth was questioned over the PGA Tour’s future with potentially aligning with LIV Golf at this week’s John Deere Classic, but kept his cards closed to his chest

Jordan Spieth had his say on a PIF deal(Getty Images)

Jordan Spieth has admitted he runs the risk of ‘getting in trouble’ when it comes to discussing the progress of the PGA Tour’s negotiations with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF).

The PGA Tour remain in ongoing discussions with their Saudi counterparts, with a deal expected to bring an to end to their hostilities with their LIV Golf rivals. One man who has some involvement in the plan is Spieth, with the American currently a player director on the PGA Tour’s policy board.




This week, the three-time major champion’s focus will be centred around his work on the course rather than off it, as he tees it up at the John Deere Classic with the Open Championship at Royal Troon right around the corner.

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Ahead of this week’s event though attention once again turned to the proposed ‘merger’ in Spieth’s pre-tournament press conference. The former Masters champion was quizzed on the ongoing negotiations, and was asked whether he saw a peace deal on the horizon, which would allow LIV players to return to the Tour.

Spieth however was keen to keep his cards close to his chest. “That’s an extremely loaded question that I could get in a lot of trouble answering,”he responded. “I’ll just say things of that nature take a little bit of time, but they’re very active. That’s about as far as I can go for you.”

He was then pressed on whether he would like to see an agreement finalised sooner rather than later, and whilst this is something he is onboard with, Spieth wants to ensure the process is done correctly. “I would like to see it done right for everyone,” he went on. “So the timing is the timing.

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