Fox News: Brandel Chamblee, who has long opposed LIV Golf, says he's second-guessing himself after playing with Trump

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Brandel Chamblee, who has long opposed LIV Golf, says he's second-guessing himself after playing with Trump

Amid President Donald Trump's involvement in PGA and LIV talks, Brandel Chamblee admitted the president has him second-guessing his LIV opposition.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, now an analyst, has been an outspoken critic of LIV Golf.......Chamblee once said the Saudi-backed league was "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login" and said the "greedy" players joining the tour were "helping a dictorial murderer launder his reputation."......In June 2023, the two pro golf tours shocked the world when it was announced they would be working together for the betterment of the game.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Discussions are still underway, but PGA Commissioner Jayu Monahan recently said the tour "asked" President Donald Trump "to get involved for the good of the game, the good of the country and for all the countries involved." ......LIV has played at several Trump-owned courses......."We are grateful that his leadership has brought us closer to a final deal, paving the way for reunification of men's professional golf," Monahan said in a statement this week.......Chamblee said he had a chance to play golf with Trump last year, and the two discussed LIV and how it could be beneficial to the game of golf......."He was so magnanimous about our differences. At one point, he said, 'Look, I know you and I differ on this opinion, but hear me out.' He said, '[LIV Golf chairman] Yasir [Al-Rumayyan] loves golf more than you do and more than I do.' Now, that's hard to believe because President Trump plays a lot of golf, and I'm crazy about it. But he was serious," Chamblee said at the Waste Management Open Friday.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"They have $32 trillion worth of oil underneath that sand, and they really have to diversify their economy. He said they are all in on this, and they're not going anywhere. As the round progressed, he would want to talk almost every hole about LIV, about the Saudi involvement and how excited he was for it."......Chamblee said he has since grown to "understand why we acquiesce and need Saudi Arabia as a partner in the Middle East," adding that his own "issues were about the human rights concerns and about how golf was going to have to at some point apologize for some issue."......Chamblee added he didn't totally agree with Trump, but the president made convincing arguments to "[make] me think of Yasir as a partner in the game of golf."......Golf star Rory McIlroy said in November he believed Trump becoming president for the second time could help You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for a deal between the PGA and LIV. ......Follow Fox News Digital's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and subscribe to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login....

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