MIAMI: The PGA Tour announced a shock merger with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), rocking the golfing world with a bombshell deal aimed at ending the sport's bitter two-year civil war.

In a stunning agreement that took the sport completely by surprise, the US-based PGA Tour and Europe's DP World Tour said they had signed an agreement with LIV's Saudi backers that will lead to the formation of "a new collectively owned, for-profit entity."

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