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.

Talks have dragged on 14 months past an original deadline between the two parties. Read more at straitstimes.com.