A deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund appears “closer” after President Donald Trump met with Commissioner Jay Monahan and Player Director Adam Scott this week.

The meeting with Trump was on Tuesday and in a joint press release the parties said they were closer to a final deal that could reunify professional golf.

“We know golf fans are eagerly anticipating a resolution to negotiations with the Public Investment Fund and want to thank President Trump for his interest and long-time support of the game of golf,” Scott and Monahan said in a joint statement that was also signed by Player Director Tiger Woods, who was absent from the meeting after he announced his mother’s passing the same day.

“We asked the President to get involved for the good of the game, the good of the country, and for all the countries involved.

"We are grateful that his leadership has brought us closer to a final deal, paving the way for reunification of men’s professional golf.”

Trump said during last year’s Presidential race that he saw no reason why a deal, which is subject to Department of Justice scrutiny, couldn’t be done.

“I do think [the deal] will come together,” Trump said on the “Let’s Go” Podcast with Jim Gray and Bill Belichick lat November,

“I could certainly help it. I would say it would take me the better part of 15 minutes to get that deal done.”

The PGA Tour announced a ‘framework agreement’ with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) on 6 June 2023 but the expected merger has yet to happen.

Trump has hosted six LIV events at his courses, famously telling PGA Tour players to "take the money” when the rebel circuit started in 2022.

“All of those golfers that remain ‘Loyal’ to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big ‘Thank You’ from PGA officials who are making millions of dollars a year,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in July 2022.

“If you don’t take the money now, you will get nothing after the merger takes place and only say how smart the original signees were.”