Jay Monahan doesn't expect peace between PGA Tour, LIV | Live From The Presidents Cup | Golf Channel

WAY THEY WILL GO OUT TOMORROW. JAY MONAHAN TALKS TO US ONSET. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, GENTLEMEN. >> THANKS FOR COMING UP. >> CURIOUS, WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF THIS PRESIDENT’S CUP HERE IN CHARLOTTE WITH THIS BUILD-OUT AND THESE FANS WE KNOW THEY’RE AMPLED. >> YEAH. LISTEN, I THINK FIRST OF ALL IT’S AWESOME TO BE HERE AND TO BE ON THE EVE OF THE 2022 PRESIDENT’S CUP. I THINK WE’RE QUICK TO FORGET THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE A YEAR AGO AND THE PANDEMIC SET US BACK. BUT WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE

GOLF INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING TO DO AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS TO MAKE CERTAIN THE RYDER CUP WAS STAGED IN ALL ITS GRANDEUR AND IT WAS AT WHISTLING STRAITS. THANKS TO THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE QUAIL HOLLOW CLUB, THEIR PATIENCE HAS PAID OFF. THIS SETTING IS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR, THE LARGEST BUILD-OUT. YOU HAVE 24 PGA TOUR MEMBERS REPRESENTING BOTH SIDES. THEY WOULDCOULDN’T BE MORE EXCIT FOR FANS, THIS IS AN EXCITING FOUR DAYS AHEAD. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE GLOBAL NATURE OF THE GAME AND WHO IS REPRESENTED IN THIS COMPETITION FROM A

COUNTY STANDPOINT AND A PLAYERS STANDPOINT AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THE VALIDATION OF

WHAT WAS STARTED IN 1994 AND I THINK THE FUTURE COULDN’T BE MORE BRIGHT FOR THIS EVENT. HOW STRONG IS THAT PARTNERSHIP YOU MENTIONED THE HARRIS FAMILY, THAT FRIENDSHIP WITH THE CLUB PRESIDENT? >> YEAH. LISTEN, THE PARTNERSHIP THEY SHARE GOES BACK TO 2003, OKAY. AND I — AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND THE HARRIS FAMILY AND QUAIL HOLLOW CLUB. I DON’T KNOW IF THERE IS A I DON’T KNOW IF THERE IS A FAMILY THAT HAS

EMBRACED THE CITY THE WAY THEY HAVE I’M NOT SURE THERE IS A CITY I’M NOT SURE THERE IS A CITY THAT EMBRACED THE FAMILY THE WAY CHARLOTTE EMBRACED THE FAMILY. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT WILL BE WORLD CLASS. A VENUE LIKE THIS, THEY’RE EXCITED AND THEY CAN’T WAIT TO GET HERE. >> THE PRESIDENT’S CUP WAS >> THE PRESIDENT’S CUP WAS CREATED IN 1994 IN PART TO GROW THE GAME AND THE PGA TOUR’S BRAND GLOBALLY WITH THE PLAYERS CHAMP AND AUSTRALIAN CAMERON SMITH HAVING GONE TO THE RIVAL TOUR ALONG WITH TWO BEST YOUNG PLAYERS FROM LATIN AMERICA. WHAT

IS THE IMPACT OF THOSE ON WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THOSE ON THAT ORIGINAL MISSION? >> I THINK IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT THOSE PLAYERS AREN’T HERE, BUT I TAKE YOU BACK TO TREVOR’S BUT I TAKE YOU BACK TO TREVOR’S PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AND THE AMOUNT OF PREPARATION THAT HE’S PUT INTO THIS WEEK AND INTO THIS MOMENT, AND HE’S MOVING FORWARD WITH 12 WORLD CLASS PLAYERS THAT ARE PREPARED TO COMPETE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES NOT ONLY COMPETE, BUT THEY EXPECT TO WIN. EXPECT TO WIN. AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, THE OUTSTANDING

TEAM AND THEY WILL LEAD OUT ON THE FIRST TEE TOMORROW. >> JAY I WANT YOU TO PAINT A PICTURE FOR US YOU HAVE ALREADY GIVEN US A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE PGA TOUR GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE PGA TOUR SCHEDULE WILL LOOK LIKE, THE EVENTS THERE IS A WAY TO SEE IT GLOBALLY THE RELATION YOU HAVE WITH THE DP WORLD TOUR, WHAT KIND OF PICTURE CAN YOU PAINT FOR THE STAGE. >> YEAH, LISTEN. IF YOU GO BACK TO TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP, WE ANNOUNCED OUR 2023 SCHEDULE, OKAY? A SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDED NINE ELEVATED EVENTS. BETWEEN THE TRAVELERS EVENT

AND THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP, WE HAD CONTINUED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS. OUR TOP PLAYERS GOT TOGETHER LED BY TIGER WOODS AND RORY McILROY, THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYERS GOT TOGETHER AND REALLY THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO TO STRENGTHEN THE PGA TOUR. DO TO STRENGTHEN THE PGA TOUR. IT’S ONE OF THE BEST COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS AND AS YOU LOOK AT ’23, THOSE CHANGES WILL HAPPEN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR SCHEDULE. >> YOU ALSO LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXTEND OUR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

EXTEND OUR STRATEGIC ALLIANCE OF THE DP WORLD TOUR WE ARE WORKING AS YOU KNOW DAY-TO-DAY WITH KEEPING THIS TEAM, WE ARE ONE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE PGA TOUR AND THE DP WORLD TOUR AND LOOK AT THE MARKETS WE PLAY AND WHO WE REPRESENT, GOLF IS A GLOBAL GAME THESE TWO TOURS REPRESENT THE GLOBAL NATURE OF THE GAME. AS IT STANDS AROUND THE WORLD, WE HAVE NO LIMIT TO IT OVER THE LIMIT, I KNOW THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, I KNOW WHAT THEIR SCHEDULES ARE, I KNOW THEY WILL BE SUPPORTING AND THEY WILL BE

SUPPORTING AND PLAYING MORE EVENTS IN THE PAST AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD FROM THE PGA TOUR I THINK THAT’S A REALLY GOOD FORMULA. >> YOU CAN SEE PLAYER PARTICIPATION EXTENDING GLOBALLY. >> I THINK AT THIS POINT, PAUL, WE HAVE ANNOUNCED OUR 2023 SCHEDULE THERE WAS NO LIMIT TO WHAT WE COULD DO WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THAT ALLIANCE AND COMING OFF OF THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP, THE ITALIAN OPEN, THE RECORD TICKET SALES ANNOUNCED BY THE DP WORLD TOUR, GOING BACK TO THE FAN AND GOING GOING BACK TO THE FAN AND GOING BACK TO THE

TOP PLAYER, THE GAME NEVER MORE SO THIS WEEK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO COME BACK HERE AND TALK TO YOU GUYS AND TALK TO FANS ABOUT THE WAY WE WILL CONTINUE. >> FINALLY ON THAT, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THE PGA TOUR WILL LOOK MORE GLOBALLY THAN IT’S EVER LOOKED IN THE PAST BEFORE EVER LOOKED IN THE PAST BEFORE >> I THINK AS YOU LOOK TO — AS YOU LOOK TO 2023, WE HAVE ANNOUNCED OUR SCHEDULE AS YOU LOOK TO THE FUTURE, CERTAINLY. I MEAN, I THINK — LET’S NOT FORGET THE PGA TOUR HAS BEEN

IN JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA, MEXICO. WE’VE OBVIOUSLY ON TOURS AROUND WE’VE OBVIOUSLY ON TOURS AROUND THE WORLD. PLAY AROUND CANADA, SEVEN MARKETS AROUND THE U.S WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN EUROPEAN MARKETS BECAUSE THE EUROPEAN TOUR, THAT’S BEEN THEIR HOME TERRITORY. WHEN YOU START TO COME TOGETHER WHEN YOU START TO COME TOGETHER IN ALLIANCE, YOU — THOSE LIMITATIONS, YOU KNOW, ARE ESSENTIALLY TAKEN AWAY AND I KNOW I’M NOT DIRECTLY ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE REASON WE’RE IN THE PARTNERSHIP, TO BE WE’RE IN THE PARTNERSHIP, TO BE ABLE TO REALLY THINK GLOBALLY. >> SOME TOP

PLAYERS ON THE RIVAL TOUR AND SOME ON YOUR TOUR HAVE BEEN MATTER OF FACTUALLY SUGGESTING THAT AT SOME POINT THE PGA TOUR SHOULD ALIGN WITH LIV GOLF, MAKE PEACE DO YOU EVER SEE THAT HAPPENING WHY OR WHY NOT >> YEAH. I — LISTEN, I THINK I HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR ON THIS I DON’T — I DON’T SEE IT HAPPENING, YOU KNOW? AND THERE ARE — WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AND YOU THINK ABOUT WORDS AND ACTIONS, YOU ABOUT WORDS AND ACTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY BEING — WE’RE CURRENTLY IN A LAWSUIT SO

COMING TOGETHER AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS, TO ME, YOU KNOW, THAT CARD IS OFF THE TABLE AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. >> JAY, IS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH LIV, IS IT GOLF CONSIDERATIONS, OR IS IT GEOPOLITICAL ONES BASED ON SAUDI ARABIA SAUDI ARABIA >> LISTEN, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PGA TOUR AND YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT IS THAT WE TRY AND ACCOMPLISH EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHAT’S OUR FOCUS, TO PUT THE BEST COMPETITIVE PLATFORM FORWARD OR THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE

WORLD TO ACHIEVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, THAT HAVE HISTORY, THAT HAVE TRADITION, THAT CREATE LEGACY, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AT IT. TO GET BETTER AT IT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET STRONGER AT IT. AND, SO, THAT — YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE THAT WE’RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL. WE HAVE MORE ASSETS AT OUR DISPOSAL AND STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE HAVE THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD TELLING US THAT NOT ONLY

ARE THEY GOING TO COMMIT TO PLAY MORE, BUT THEY ALSO SHARE THAT — THEY’RE REALLY LOOKING TO THE ORGANIZATION TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. SO IT’S ALL ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE’RE GOING. AND WHERE WE’RE GOING. I CAN’T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THAT THERE. >> THREE OF THE TOP FOUR HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES OF ALL TIME HAVE BEEN GOLFERS JACK NICKLAUS BOTH ON AND OFF OF THE GOLF COURSE BUT MOSTLY OFF THE GOLF COURSE HAVE MADE MORE MONEY THAN THIS LIST LeBRON JAMES, JEFF GORDON. EVEN MORE THAN THE MOST EVEN MORE THAN THE MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN

OF ALL TIME MICHAEL PEL PHELPS. HOW DOES THAT SPEAK TO THE APPEAL OF THE PGA TOUR >> I THINK IT SAYS AN AWFUL LOT. AND IT SPEAKS TO THE LONGEVITY OF THE GAME, THE LONGEVITY OF THE BRAND YOU CAN BUILD BY HAVING SUCCESS ON THE PGA TOUR AND BY BECOMING A GLOBAL ICON WITHIN THE GAME IN THIS PLATFORM AND THE BIGGEST CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE WORLD ALLOW YOU THE THE WORLD ALLOW YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND BY BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT PLATFORM, SUCCEED ON THAT PLATFORM AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE

PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS AND BE ABLE TO EXTEND THOSE OUTSIDE THE GOLF COURSE IN A WAY THAT’S CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY YOU WANT TO RUN YOUR LIFE, RUN YOUR BUSINESS, RUN YOUR FAMILY, AND IT ALSO — I’LL GO BACK TO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS. THEIR RECORDS ON THE GOLF COURSE IS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY. THEIR RECORDS OFF OF THE GOLF COURSE IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT THEY HAVE HAD ON PEOPLE’S LIVES IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THAT INDEPENDENCE IS ULTIMATELY WHAT HAS SO MANY COMPANIES AND SO MANY PEOPLE INFORMSING INGVESTIN PRODUCTS AND THE IDEAS AND

THE ENTITIES THAT WE’RE A PART OF. WE TAKE A TREMENDOUS PRIDE IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS PLATFORM ENABLES THAT AND THERE IS NO — THERE IS NO COMPLACENCY. WE’RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO EXTEND THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. AND I SUSPECT WHEN WE’RE HERE IN 2030 OR 2040, YOU WILL FIND THAT SAME ATTRIBUTE YOU WILL FIND THREE OF THE TOP FOUR, YOU WILL FIND A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF TOP GOLFERS PLAYING ON THAT LIST SOME OF THE SCHEDULED PLAYERS DESIGNATED THOSE EIGHT ELEVATED EVENTS WITH FOUR TO STILL BE ANNOUNCED. >> YEAH. >> WHAT IS

THE TIMETABLE FOR THAT WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES INHERENT IN THAT PROCESS WITH SO MANY LONG-STANDING TOURNAMENTS LIKE THE AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM, WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE HONDA, RBC HERITAGE >> WELL, WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THE ADDITION OF FOUR ELEVATED EVENTS, I SAID 45 DAYS I THINK WE’RE — THAT’S THE TIME FRAME THAT WE’RE COMMITTED TO. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE RESPONSE SINCE WE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, ALL OF OUR TOURNAMENT NUMBER ONE HAVE CALLED AND THEY HAVE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND FIND WAYS TO HELP ELEVATE THE PGA TOUR THAT IS UNIFORM, AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT

WE COULDN’T BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR, THANKFUL FOR. TO YOUR POINT, WE LOOK AT ’23. THE COMPLEXITY THERE, WE’RE WORKING THROUGH IT AND I’M EXCITED TO GET BACK IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS IN ’23 AND WE COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> JAY, WE GET ASKED THAT ALL THE TIME SO CONSUMED EVERYONE, EVERY CONVERSATION I GET ASKED THIS QUITE A BIT IS THERE A ROAD BACK TO THE PGA TOUR FOR A LIV GOLFER. SHOULD THEY WANT TO COME BACK? >> AS I SAID THROUGHOUT, PLAYERS HAVE MADE — PLAYERS HAVE MADE

THEIR CHOICE THE PLAYERS ARE PLAYING ON THAT TOUR AND OBVIOUSLY WE — I COULDN’T BE MORE — I THINK THE COULDN’T BE MORE — I THINK THE WAY THAT THEIR PLAYERS, OUR TOP PLAYERS, EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE PGA TOUR HAS RESPONDED IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS TOUR EXTREMELY INSPIRING TO ME. ALL OF OUR EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON THEM. AND ANY HYPOTHETICALS IN THE FUTURE AT THIS POINT, PARTICULARLY GIVEN WHERE WE ARE FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT IS NOT SOMETHING I LIKE. >> BACK TO THIS EVENT, JAY, WHAT IS THE IDEAL OUTCOME FOR

THIS WEEK >> THE IDEAL OUTCOME IS, AGAIN, 24 MEMBERS OF THE PGA TOUR ARE HERE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST THEY BUT THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYBODY AROUND THEM. >> OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT A CLOSE COMPETITION. THAT’S WHAT THIS COMPETITION — THAT’S WHAT THE PRESIDENT’S CUP CONTINUES TO DELIVER I WANT TO SEE MORE STARS EMERGE. I WANT TO SEE GREAT STORY LINES, GREAT PAIRINGS I WANT TO SEE THIS EVENT CONSUMED IN MORE MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD. I WANT TO LOOK ON SUNDAY NIGHT I WANT TO LOOK ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT

TWO CAPTAINS WHO HAVE POURED THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO PREPARING FOR THIS AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS, TO FEEL GREAT ABOUT THE IMPACT THEY HAVE MADE ON THIS CUP BOTH IN 2022 AND LONG-TERM, AND I WANT, YOU KNOW, LONG-TERM, AND I WANT, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN UP HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS ADAM MOVED HERE TO PUT HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO IT THE BEAUTY OF THIS ENGINE IS THE THE BEAUTY OF THIS ENGINE IS THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES IN THIS CASE FOUR COMPETITIVE

DAYS WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY LEAVES WITH A BIG SMILE ON THEIR FACE. ONLY ONE SIDE WILL WIN BUT THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN WHO BUT THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN WHO WINS AND WHO LOSES THIS IS THE FUTURE OF THE GAME NOW. >> THE MONAHAN FAMILY HAS A LITTLE GAME. >> YEAH. I WAS RECENTLY AT THE U.S. OPEN. WENT ON AND ON ABOUT HOW GOOD AT GOLF YOUR FATHER WAS WHAT DID YOU SHOOT RECENTLY? >> MY DAD WILL LOVE THIS >> MY DAD WILL LOVE THIS DAD SHOT 73 IN A SENIOR

QUALIFIER AT THE AGE OF 79. >> WOW >> THAT’S KIND OF IT THAT’S COOL. GREAT STORY. >> THANK YOU. >> JAY, THANK YOU FOR STOPPING UP AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE GAME. WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEK. >> WELL, THANK YOU GUYS. AND I HOPE, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THAT QUESTION, I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND WE THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL YOU HAVE DONE THROUGH THE YEARS. EVERY SINGLE LEVEL WE’RE REALLY

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