What does golf’s blockbuster ‘merger’ mean for the game and its players? | Ewan Murray

Disrupter Greg Norman is not the only one attached to LIV who will surely soon discover their services are no longer required

The playing of a Presidents Cup, for so long the Ryder Cup's poor relation, in Saudi Arabia now has to be on the table. The deal struck between LIV Golf and one-time rivals, the PGA and DP World Tours, is all about bang for buck.

The Saudis will believe they have saved face by joining forces with golf's establishment - there will be no more potentially embarrassing litigation - but their desperate bid to earn legitimacy via sport also means this deal has to work two ways.