Joaquin Niemann sides with Jon Rahm and reveals LIV and PGA Tour stars disagree with them

While galore PGA Tour stars person shunned the arguable LIV Golf league and vice versa, Joaquin Niemann has explained that helium wouldn't caput playing nether some banners simultaneously

Joaquin Niemann believes that determination are fewer nonrecreational golfers who would similar to spot a PGA Tour and LIV Golf merger happen.

The 26-year-old Chilean presently competes connected the European Tour arsenic good arsenic successful the LIV league - captaining the Saudi-backed promotion's Torque GC side, which houses Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira and Carlos Ortiz. However, the pro has antecedently competed connected the PGA Tour, winning the 2019 Military Tribute astatine The Greenbrier and the 2022 Genesis Invitational earlier making the determination to LIV.

And portion galore players who person switched allegiance from the PGA to LIV haven't looked backmost since, Niemann has admitted that helium would similar to revisit his aged format. Speaking to Fox Sports earlier this week, Niemann explained: "I would emotion for a merger to hap due to the fact that it would beryllium for the champion for the game.

"If they bash a merger, it’s due to the fact that they’re reasoning astir the large representation and what is champion for the game, for the fans, and I would emotion for that to happen. For me, ideally it would beryllium awesome to play PGA Tour events. As skipper of my team, Torque, I americium playing LIV Golf and I would emotion to play those 14 events arsenic good arsenic a fewer events I emotion from the PGA Tour.

And portion chap LIV prima Jon Rahm has antecedently expressed a akin bid of thought, Niemann is convinced that determination are lone a fewer nonrecreational golfers who stock the sentiment. He added: "To beryllium honest, I don’t deliberation there’s galore radical that would privation to play each implicit the world.

"They conscionable privation to play connected LIV and that’s it, and there’s a fewer guys who astir apt conscionable privation to play connected the PGA Tour and that’s it. For me, if I don’t play connected the PGA Tour, I don’t deliberation it would truly wounded maine a batch but I would similar to play more."

Golf fans are inactive hoping for advancement connected a merger betwixt the 2 tours, arsenic executives enactment to onslaught a deal. And antecedently a professional of the LIV Golf set-up, Rory McIlroy is hopeful that Donald Trump mightiness beryllium capable to get thing implicit the enactment - fixed his narration with Saudi Arabia.

He said earlier this month: "He mightiness beryllium capable to. He's got Elon Musk, who I deliberation is the smartest antheral successful the world, beside him. We mightiness beryllium capable to bash thing if we tin get Musk involved, too." He added: "Yeah, I deliberation from the extracurricular looking in, it's astir apt a small little analyzable than it really is.

"But obviously, Trump has a large narration with Saudi Arabia. He's got a large narration with golf. He's a person of golf. So, maybe. Who knows?" The President Elect himself has besides noted however helium would beryllium capable to get a woody done successful "15 minutes", citing however determination should lone beryllium 1 play league for all.

Speaking connected the Lets Go! podcast with Bill Belichick and Jim Gray, Trump explained: "I could astir apt get it done. I would accidental it would instrumentality maine the amended portion of 15 minutes to get that woody done. I deliberation we person overmuch bigger problems than that. But I bash deliberation we should person 1 tour, and they should person the champion players successful that tour."