PGA, LIV golfers react to merger of rival leagues: ‘Nothing like finding out through Twitter’

By The Associated Press

It was almost a year ago to the day that Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf teed off for the first time as the PGA Tour’s newest rival, flush with defectors from golf’s top circuit. Morals were questioned. Lawsuits were filed. Golfers doubled down on their affiliations. A merger, it seemed, wasn’t in the cards. But on Tuesday, professionals from both tours were caught off guard by news that their worlds would collide. When a news outlet broke the embargoed announcement that the PGA Tour, European tour and LIV Golf were merging before PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan could send a memo to the players, some learned about it on social media.