When the PGA Tour’s merger with LIV Golf was announced on June 6, it didn’t take long for the news to spread through NFL hallways. A multitude of franchises filled with golf-obsessed coaches, players and staffers were in some phase of their offseason program when word broke. With many in the NFL having ties to elements of the PGA through friends or players on the tour, it sent some individuals to their phones or televisions in disbelief.
“It was immediately out on the practice field,” one AFC C-suite executive told Yahoo Sports. “I heard it in the hallway and by the time I was outside, guys were already talking about it.