At the great Saudi golf show, at least spare us the unsightly Bermuda shorts

To announce the merger of PGA and Liv Golf could only be Phil Mickelson. Only the Ryder Cup is saved, the only tournament where it is played only for the flag, no prize but glory, the team wins the petrodollar

An unexpected phone call, an invitation to breakfast in central London, a handshake and eighteen holes the next day in Wentworth, more meetings and in less than a month an agreement that seemed impossible. “Awesome day, today”. The tweet at dawn of the golfer symbol of exiles. To announce the merger between PGA and Liv Golf could only be Phil Mickelson, his escape to the Saudi tour after winning his seventh major had aroused many disagreements among his colleagues: with the Kpmg logo on the cap, the perfect testimonial could only be him. Two hours later, live on CNBC for financial insights, Yasir al Rumayyan, head of the Saudi Pacific Investment Fund, and Jay Monahan, CEO of the PGA Tour, showed up with a smile, after a year of very long knives, to explain the deal. The only possible solution, as predicted months ago by Donald Trump.