Jay Monahan on the LIV and the Future of Golf

11/30/23 • 26 min

After the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed golf league LIV agreed to join forces in June, the PGA Tour faced a swell of criticism from both golfers and fans. The PGA Tour’s commissioner, Jay Monahan, defends the deal, talks about the future of the PGA Tour and opens up about his mental health journey.

This interview was with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times at the annual DealBook Summit and recorded live in front of an audience at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Read more about highlights from the day at https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11/29/business/dealbook-summit-news

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