The PGA was under immense pressure from PGA players who were the only ones who would lose big from further deterioration of the PGA. This was inevitable, but this isn't a true merger. I suspect it is agreement on allowing these leagues WGR status.
The PGA head is talking about changes to the structure of the tour. Which they’ll have to do regardless of how much of a true merger this is. They’re only talking about the high profile stuff like team golf, but the big thing is going to be the low end players. Those guys that don’t make the cut all the time have a hard time in the PGA, no cut means no money, actually it means negative money since they had to pay to get there, pay for the hotel, and still have to pay the caddie. Even last place in a LIV event gets paid, and paid pretty well. That’s been a problem in the PGA for years, and lots of low end guys have talked about it. That’s really the weakness LIV drove through. Sure luring high end players with big pay days made the headlines, but those young guys working their way up are the future of the sport. And they’re going to go for guaranteed pay. Because nobody becomes a professional anything to not get paid.