Usually, I’m writing about hockey and/or sports betting. But I had to jump over to golf and have an announcement but I’ll be saving that for the end of the article.

Today, I am here to talk about the LIV PGA Tour merger just days before the golfing world descends onto Toronto for the RBC Canadian Open at Oakdale this weekend.

I do not have a huge opinion on everything, I know the PGA is doing this for a business and cough cough money but a lot of this is viewed in such a negative light and I know that a lot of Golfers found out this morning via Twitter.

I love finding out morning news on Twitter

— Collin Morikawa (@collin_morikawa) June 6, 2023

Nothing like finding out through Twitter that we’re merging with a tour that we said we’d never do that with.

— Mackenzie Hughes (@MacHughesGolf) June 6, 2023

While I am at it, two other golfers who didn’t know until the news came out were Rory McIlroy and a guy named Tiger Woods, just more gas on this fire. Along with this is upsetting the 9/11 Families United group as last summer PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan made comments in regards to suspending LIV players from the PGA tour as the Saudis do have ties to the terrorist attack and now feel betrayed by Monahan and were even just as recently as last month talking about the Saudis human rights policies should disqualify them from having a stake in a major American sport but here we are.

So weird. PGA officials were in my office just months ago talking about how the Saudis' human rights record should disqualify them from having a stake in a major American sport.

I guess maybe their concerns weren't really about human rights? https://t.co/SQ9HQuBsNT

— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 6, 2023

This is a bad look for the PGA as a players-only meeting was called today and golf reporter Dan Rappaport spoke to a few players after the meeting where the mood was downright hostile so it should be a fun weekend at Oakdale Golf & Country Club in Toronto.

Now for the news, thanks to Crier Media, I will be covering the RBC Canadian Open for all 4 days of the tournament, something I am truly looking forward to. Stay tuned for a lot of content. But for now, I leave you with one last tweet from the LIV PGA news.

Hole in One Billion. After criticizing the LIV golf tour for the human rights abuses of the Saudi government and their support for 9/11, the @PGATOUR winds up taking the money after all.

Follow for more cartoons!#PGAandLIV #PGALIV #PGATour #LIV #LIVGolf #Golf #HumanRights pic.twitter.com/XPURWx9YAr

— Garthtoons by Garth German (@garthtoons) June 6, 2023