What does golf’s LIV-PGA merger mean for sports bettors?

What does golf’s LIV-PGA merger mean for sports bettors?

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  • Geoff Zochodne, Covers
June 6, 2023 8:52 PM
  • Geoff Zochodne, Covers
  • United States
  • Saudi Arabia

If you wager on golf at online sports betting sites, you’re probably well aware by now that PGA TOUR executives and the financial backer of LIV Golf have squashed their beef, but does that mean your future bet on Smash GC to win the LIV team title this year is squashed too?

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In short: probably not. While the PGA TOUR, DP World Tour, and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) — the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund that owns LIV — announced Tuesday they are proposing to join forces, it doesn’t look like the union will take effect until next season at the earliest.