ORLANDO, Fla. – There’s no scarcity of intrigue atop skilled golf with the Dec. 31 deadline looming for the PGA Tour to strike a definitive take care of Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund in addition to ongoing negotiations with different personal fairness and a governance evaluate.

A current report about potential palace intrigue on the circuit’s coverage board, nonetheless, missed the mark, in accordance with Justin Thomas.

A narrative on SI.com final week recommended that Patrick Cantlay, one among six participant administrators on the coverage board, had seized management of the board and was driving a possible take care of PIF and Strategic Sports activities Group (SSG), a consortium of traders led by Fenway Sports activities Group which has reached superior levels of negotiations with the Tour.

Fellow participant director Jordan Spieth dismissed that notion final week in an interview with The Related Press and on Friday on the PNC Championship, Thomas additionally pushed again on the Cantlay rumor.

“The issues that Patrick Cantlay had mentioned about them, I perceive Patrick is who he’s, however he’s past busted his ass to get the Tour in one of the best place potential,” Thomas mentioned. “I do know all of them have completed that.”

Thomas was additionally requested how a lot gamers have been stored within the loop for the reason that Tour signed its framework settlement with the PIF on June 6 and he described a collaborative course of with a wholesome quantity of transparency.

“I do know that I can name any of these guys and they’re going to inform me. They don’t attain out to individuals and say, ‘Hey, do you wish to know what’s occurring?’ To be fairly frank, they’re too busy to do one thing like that,” Thomas mentioned.

Thomas defined that the majority gamers are extra centered on their very own video games than they’re Tour politics or coverage board rumors.

“I’ve larger and higher issues to fret about, to be egocentric and trustworthy. I shouldn’t say extra essential as a result of the way forward for the PGA Tour is extra essential, however selfishly for me, my golf is,” he mentioned. “I do know that these guys are prepared to choose up the telephone and speak to anyone if they need. They simply must name them, and I simply haven’t actually had the need to try this a lot. I’ve acquired religion and belief in them.”