Elsewhere in Commissioner Monahan’s memo there were details for the first time of the framework agreement for the new entity which merges the three tours.

There will be a Player Benefit Programme which significantky will reward players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour. This is what Jon Rahm said at the Open last week that he fekt players should not ne entitled to. “I stayed because it was the best choice for myself and the goof I want to play”. But he did think there should be some punishment for those who left”.

The reward seems to be equity in the new entity and involvement in the Player Impact Programme which LIV rebels would be excluded from.

A taskforce has been set up to work out the path to reinstatement and to evaluate player disciplime.

I found this to be quite revealing, the insitence on disciplining and punishing those who have left. It’s contradictory. If they hadn’t left the Your would not be dealing with this much money to deprive them of. Revealing language, using discipline and punishment.

In addition, there is a new special advisor Raine Group’s Colin Neville who is tasked with streamlining communications between the Tour and players during the complicated and intensive negotiations setting up the new entity.

There’s such a revolution going on, behind the scenes at The Open Championship ceo of the R&A Martin Slumbers met with Yasser Al Tunayan and the OWGR Committee met to discuss how to reintegrate LIV players back into the rankings.