PGA Tour feared it would be ruined by LIV Golf without unifying deal

• Documents showed plans for Tiger Woods to play for LIV
• If they take five players a year for five years, they gut us'

Senior officials on the PGA Tour feared that their organisation could be reduced to ruin by the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf without a deal, they conceded on Tuesday.

Documents retrieved by a US Senate committee investigating the controversial framework agreement reached between the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and Saudi's Public Investment Fund also show plans from three months ago involved Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy playing under the LIV umbrella.