I'm not shocked this or something like it happened. I figured it was inevitable. I just didn't expect it for a while, and I sure didn't expect it to happen out of the blue like it did.
Who is acquiring whom, though? Nothing ever "merges", one usually buys out the other in some sense, and in this case I imagine it to be the Saudis.
Imagine giving up the LIV payday because you didn't want to get blackballed by the PGA only for the players who took the cash to come strutting back in. I don't blame the players in any of this, just a comical look for the PGA.
Crazy how all of a sudden taking Saudi "blood money" is no longer a problem worth crying about for some of these media members.