PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House this week as the tour moves closer to finalizing a long-sought investment deal with the Saudi Arabian backers of rival LIV Golf.

PHOENIX — PGA Tour officials met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the tour said, in its first public acknowledgement of his role in potentially clearing the way for the tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund to strike a completed deal to ultimately reunify the men’s professional game.

Woods, heavily involved in negotiations, was not at the meeting Tuesday. That was the day his mother, Kultida, died in Florida. A flight tracker on social media noted Woods' plane arrived in Washington on Monday evening and left for Florida shortly after midnight.