Doesn't surprise me that much that it happened like this in the end. Only that it happened this soon.
The PGA Tour was definitely dead in the water as far as its legal position on antitrust. Their lawyers probably told them as much. Settlement was always the most likely outcome there but merger? I guess if a country is offering you billions to fund your entire operation, how can you really say no?
I will so enjoy all the sanctimonious moralist journalists (and Brandel Chamblee) having to eat their words and look like hypocrites though.
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