LIV golf turn to Newcastle director Amanda Staveley in bid to broker peace talks with the PGA Tour

LIV Golf have turned to Amanda Staveley in an ambitious bid to soothe relations with their sworn enemies at the PGA Tour.

Mail Sport can reveal the Newcastle United director, who was central to bringing Saudi Arabian fortunes to the Premier League club, has been viewed as a potential peace broker for the controversial breakaway circuit in golf’s civil war.

It is understood that Staveley attended the Masters at Augusta last month, though it is unclear if her efforts have so far amounted to any progress at a time when the PGA Tour and LIV have been locked in bitter litigation.

Staveley has close links to LIV owing to their backing by the Saudi Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund, whose governor is Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the Newcastle chairman.

Al-Rumayyan has been the driving force behind LIV’s rapid emergence on the golf scene, with the Saudis having spent over $2billion to date in snatching up some of the world’s leading talents, including Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Cameron Smith and Brooks Koepka, who are playing this week at the US PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy has been a staunch supporter of the PGA Tour during the bitter fallout

The Saudis have spent over $2billion recruiting the likes of Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka

The fallout of their incursion into the sport has been spectacular, with golf fragmented beyond recognition and the PGA Tour forced into a costly restructuring to prevent further loss of talent.

In the current climate, which has seen a US District Court judge uphold a motion by PGA Tour lawyers to compel Al-Rumayyan to submit to discovery in their anti-trust case, there appears little prospect of the parties finding common ground.

However, there is a growing view in the sport that a compromise will eventually be needed for either party to progress and sources say Staveley is viewed by the Saudis as capable of bringing disparate factions to the table.

LIV have been contacted for comment.