the confirmation came from jay monahan, the commissioner of the pga tour today, the negotiations areions are accelerating, there were still several key issues to be ironed ironed out, and that ironed out, and that there was still a shared vision that could lead to the unification of the game. but later in the news conference, he did say, "if that can be done" — and i think that's the big big word, if, bearing in mind that there has been extra investment that's come in from the strategic sports group, which is headlined by the fenway group who owned liverpool football club. and that has, in many respects, clouded the future because that wasn't on the horizon when this framework agreement was initially thrashed out injune. then it was said that a deal with saudi arabia could be done within weeks. then the deadline was extended to the end of last year — and here we are in the third month of 2024, and we are still no nearer anyone saying that an agreement is in sight. as you heard from iain carter there, the talks very much much ongoing, but still a deal to be struck. the pga tour's comm