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Trump urges PGA Tour to welcome back LIV rebels after Saudi funding dries up

  • ‘I do believe all of the golfers should be playing’

  • Harman says rebels should face consequences

Donald Trump has supported the reintroduction of LIV Golf players on to the PGA Tour after the league announced the withdrawal of funding by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).

The US president said he would love to see top golfers who defected to the LIV circuit playing regularly against the PGA Tour’s best as uncertainty engulfed the breakaway league after the PIF announcement.

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© Photograph: Michele Eve Sandberg/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Michele Eve Sandberg/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

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Is this the end for LIV? Where does Saudi withdrawal leave golf and the players?

Can LIV find new backers and what are the options for Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Lee Westwood and others?

Confirmation that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will cease funding the LIV Golf tour will have huge ramifications, for the future of the tour itself, the players and across golf’s traditional heartlands. Where does PIF’s withdrawal leave them all?

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© Photograph: Scott Taetsch/AP

© Photograph: Scott Taetsch/AP

© Photograph: Scott Taetsch/AP

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