Was it an earth-shattering scoop? Admittedly, no. But it was interesting to golf swing nerds at the time, and it turns out, the start of things to come. Adam Scott was patient zero as far as I can tell.

Scott, who is a player director on the PGA Tour Enterprises board of directors and a member of the circuit’s transaction subcommittee, was not as vague when he was asked if the circuit’s hope to bring the game back under “one tour” was possible?

Adam Scott attended two meetings at the White House with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Trump. The second included Tiger Woods, Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

Adam Scott remains hopeful that negotiations between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund result in a reunification of professional golf, but the former major champion is also realistic that the talks could fizzle out.