To the dismal list of indignities visited upon men’s professional golf — profound division, cutthroat rancor, naked greed, rampant entitlement — we can add brazen obsequiousness, evidenced by Thursday’s statement in which PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player-directors Adam Scott and Tiger Woods had to fluff Mango Mussolini’s ego to help secure government approval for a deal to reunify the sport.

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,

Photo / AFP US PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Adam Scott have implored President Donald Trump to help complete a Saudi Arabian investment deal and reunite golf’s top players in one series. A social media message on Thursday by the PGA Tour,