Jordan Spieth Says He'd Get In 'A Lot Of Trouble' If He Answered A LIV Golf Question On Everyone's Mind

The number of questions surrounding the ongoing, and maybe never-ending, negotiations between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) regarding what the future of professional golf may look like are endless. There is one question in particular that relates to the future of LIV Golf players that's been on the minds of everyone in the golf world, however, and it appears Jordan Spieth may know the answer to it, but that doesn't mean he's going to share it.

Since LIV's first event in June 2022, and certainly since the following June when a framework agreement was announced, the question about LIV players potentially returning to the Tour and what that scenario may look like has been top of mind of many.

Given that Spieth is a member of the PGA Tour policy board and is among the select few people in the room as negotiations continue to unfold, he's someone who may have an idea of what that potential situation could be.

Ahead of this week's John Deere Classic, Spieth was asked specifically "what happens to LIV players that want to come back over" to the PGA Tour.

He didn't exactly answer the question, but his non-answer may have been an answer in itself.

"That’s an extremely loaded question that I could get in a lot of trouble answering," Spieth explained. "I’ll just say things of that nature take a little bit of time, but they’re very active. That’s about as far as I can go for you."

Jordan Spieth isn't willing to answer a LIV Golf related question on everyone's mind. Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

It's anyone's guess as to what "trouble" Spieth is referring to, but the fact that he said that talks are "active" when asked about the idea of LIV players returning to the Tour certainly isn't nothing. 

As for a coming together happening sooner rather than later, Spieth downplayed that possibility. 

"I would like to see it done right for everyone," Spieth said. "So the timing is the timing. Obviously if anything can be done right and done sooner, that’s great. But I would rather see it done correctly and done the right way for golf going forward for the longest amount of time, regardless how long that takes to get there."

The year 2026 has reportedly been tossed around in serious conversation among the powers that be, and Rory McIlroy recently admitted that timeline would be just fine in the grand scheme of things.