For those inclined to the perplexing and sometimes misinterpreted study of body language, the opening round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie provided an ideal opportunity for practice.

Some of the big names in the field include Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton and Billy Horschel. LIV Golf’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and DP World Tour Chief Executive Officer Guy Kinnings are all expected to be at the event.

Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, were grouped together in the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland on Thursday.

And that's really who has sort of been hurt by all this,” said Billy Horschel, who played alongside Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the PIF’s governor, this week. The nuanced details of a potential deal – primarily what the pathway back to the Tour for players who joined LIV Golf would look like and how the professional landscape could be reimagined – is normally where any possible consensus unravels,

Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, LIV Golf’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan and DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings are in Scotland for one of the most fun event’s on golf’s calendar — Monahan and Al-Rumayyan were playing in the same group on Thursday.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and PIF Chief Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan played together in the pro-am at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Does this mean anything for PGA Tour-LIV Golf negotiations?

Perhaps a PGA Tour and Saudi PIF deal could be close to a breakthrough after Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan's round of golf together