PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House this week as the tour moves closer to finalizing a long-sought investment deal with the Saudi Arabian backers of rival LIV Golf.

Tour officials said the session at the White House “brought us closer to a final deal” that would be subject to Justice Department antitrust scrutiny.

In a statement, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player-directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott said the US president’s involvement could reunify the game of golf through an agreement with the Saudi Public Investment Fund.

The PGA Tour announced that it has asked President Donald Trump to help with the tour’s ongoing negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the financial backer of the LIV Golf League. The news came as part of a statement the tour released in which it confirmed that commissioner Jay Monahan and PGA Tour pro and player director Adam

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and player director Adam Scott said they met earlier this week with President Trump in a push for an investment deal with competing Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Monahan and Scott stated they met Tuesday with Trump in a meeting that “has brought us closer to a final deal,