Since the Saudi-backed circuit’s debut in 2022, the six-time PGA Tour winner has been frequently linked to a move there. Rumours of a transition to the Saudi-backed circuit grew once more when two of his longtime sponsors were absent from his attire at the PGA Tour’s season-opening tournament in Hawaii.
Fowler used to wear Rocket Mortgage on his shirt and Farmers Insurance on his cap, but he has since stated that he has complete faith in the PGA Tour board and that the notable absences were not due to his intentions to join LIV Golf.
These men are devoting a significant amount of time and energy to it. Last year, I served on the PAC (player advisory council), but I’ve made an effort to keep out of the way because I have faith in the guys who are on it.
“With Jordan (Spieth), Cantlay, Tiger (Woods) and the other guys, I’ve just trusted that we’re all going to end up in a good spot and I have zero plans to go anywhere.”
According to Fowler, Farmers Insurance decided not to extend their sponsorship for the upcoming season. However, Rocket Mortgage, the sponsor of the event where Fowler won his most recent PGA Tour championship the previous season, may wear his shirt again in the future.
Following Masters champion Jon Rahm’s departure to LIV Golf, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, and emerging star Ludvig Åberg have also reaffirmed their allegiance to the PGA Tour in recent weeks, with Fowler attempting to avoid the rumours.
“I don’t spend much time on social media,” Fowler continued. “I suppose it’s just the times we live in. Anything may be put out there, so there’s only so much you can trust or believe.
“I’m real excited for what’s coming for me and for the PGA Tour and all the time and effort these guys have been putting into it.”
Will the golf circuits come to an agreement?
The Framework Agreement between the organisations, which was announced on June 6 and was initially meant to be finalised before the end of 2023, is still a topic of “productive conversations” between the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour, and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which finances LIV Golf.
A member of the PGA Tour’s policy board, Patrick Cantlay stated, “I feel bad for the fan,” prior to the season’s first tournament. “In the past year or two, there has been a great deal of confusion, not just for players competing on the PGA Tour, but I can only assume for the home fan as well.
“I think that’s what the fans really want to see, so I hope that more of the best players play the same weeks so they know exactly which weeks are important and important to us players. They also get to see a lot more tournaments where the best players on Tour are competing against each other down the stretch on Sunday.
“I think the fan’s rooting for the attention to go back squarely onto golf and squarely onto the tournaments that are being played and to forget all of this political non-golf talk, which has consumed a lot of the energy over the last couple years.”
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