SINGAPORE – As negotiations for a merger between golf’s rival factions progress, 2019 British Open champion Shane Lowry hopes a resolution can be reached soon, so that everyone can play golf together again.

Talks have been ongoing between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – which bankrolls the LIV circuit – since the three bodies announced a framework agreement in June 2023 for the creation of a new golf entity, with the aim of ending the disruption caused by LIV Golf’s arrival in 2022.