The PGA Tour is undercutting LIV Golf in a major way by striking a new multiyear deal with the Asian Tour, which has had a significant financial and competitive partnership with LIV since the league launched in 2022.
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour, which have a strategic alliance, will partner with the Asian Tour in a deal—running through at least 2029—that will establish pathways for the leading Asian Tour members to earn status on the DP World Tour beginning next season. The DP World Tour will also co-sanction select tournaments with the Asian Tour.
From 2016 to 2021, the Asian Tour had a strategic alliance with the DP World Tour. But in 2022, ahead of its inaugural season, LIV committed to investing $300 million in the Asian Tour over the next decade. That helped create the International Series, a set of marquee events on the Asian Tour with elevated $2 million purses that provided pathways for players to earn spots on LIV. The International Series also allowed LIV members to earn Official World Golf Ranking points before the league began receiving ranking points this year.
There will be no change to the remaining five International Series events this year, a source with knowledge of the situation tells Front Office Spots. But the expectation is the Asian Tour will not renew its deal with LIV after this season, which ends in November at the PIF Saudi International.
