Social media calls PGA Tour commissioner hypocrite following LIV Golf merger

With the 2023 Canadian Open on the horizon (scheduled to run from Thursday through Sunday), golf fans thought it was appropriate to look back at an interview between Monahan and Jim Nantz from last June's event.

It's not a great look for Monahan.

Using terms like "you'd have to be living under a rock," including the personal connection with families he knows impacted by 9/11 and posing the "Have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour" question all contribute to what should be a rough time for the commissioner coming up.

According to a report from the New York Times, "Under the terms of the tentative agreement ... the Saudi wealth fund ... will at first be the exclusive investor in the blended operation."

LIV Golf players sued the PGA Tour as part of an antitrust lawsuit in August 2022 and the PGA Tour countersued, later adding the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PIF) and its governor, Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan to the suit.

According to the New York Times report, Al-Rumayyan will be the chairman of the operation.

One of the biggest critics of LIV Golf over the past year has been four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, though he's said recently that he didn't want to discuss the ongoing feud between the two sides. McIlroy is the defending Canadian Open victor.