Monahan spoke with reporters for nearly a half hour on Tuesday as he dispelled the notion that he was less confident about a deal between the PGA Tour and PIF after a recent meeting with President Trump and others.

Jay Monahan admitted that the situation is complex, and that it is difficult to make a true judgment about what will happen in the coming days

"The dynamic he brings is he's the leader of the free world and he has an active interest in reunifying the game," PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said about Trump.

The PGA Tour commissioner said Tuesday that he doesn't expect to announce a deal between the two leagues in the next few weeks.

Jay Monahan sounded confident that the deal with LIV Golf would be done soon. His tone was a bit different this week. The post Jay Monahan’s latest update on PGA Tour-LIV deal strikes different tone appeared first on Golf.

Jay Monahan met with the media on Tuesday at Bay Hill Club to amplify the PGA Tour’s Fan Forward Initiative and extol the virtues of its latest move—a reduction in commercial time at this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational that will be “repurposed” for more live golf that will focus on player-caddie interaction on NBC/Golf Channel broadcasts.