Greg Norman and Saudi-backed golf series eye Trump courses for breakaway tournaments
3 years, 1 month ago

Greg Norman and Saudi-backed golf series eye Trump courses for breakaway tournaments

The Telegraph  

Saudi golf officials, led by new CEO Greg Norman, met with Eric Trump in New York earlier this week with a view to hosting some of the breakaway tournaments at the golf clubs owned and run by the Trump family. As bizarre as it would seem, it does not stretch credibility too far to suggest that an event is held at Turnberry next year, although that would almost certainly only be an Asian Tour tournament as the mission goes on to form a global Saudi Golf League featuring some of the game’s biggest names. Norman was announced as the chief executive of LIV Golf Investments, a freshly-formed company backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund which is funding a new 10-tournament series on the Asian Tour from next year. and we see our promotion of these new events as a vital first step in supporting emerging markets.” This long-term agreement provides the Saudis with two key elements they require to get their League off the ground, including access to world ranking points and a feeder tour to provide a stream of players.

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The PGA Tour and LIV’s Saudi backers have a deal—but there’s one holdup
1 week, 6 days ago

The PGA Tour and LIV’s Saudi backers have a deal—but there’s one holdup

Live Mint  

When the PGA Tour announced a stunning alliance with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf that it had spent months battling on and off the course, the plan was for the two sides to have a final agreement by the end of the year. Quietly, though, the two sides have made significant progress and have actually reached an agreement for …

Tiger Woods has no firm answers on deal with Saudis or his future as a player
3 weeks ago

Tiger Woods has no firm answers on deal with Saudis or his future as a player

Deccan Chronicle  

Tiger Woods could not offer much of a timetable Tuesday on PGA Tour negotiations with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf or his own future as a player. “But things are very fluid, we’re still working through it, it’s happening daily,” Woods said. “From a policy board standpoint or from an enterprise standpoint, things are moving and they’re constructive.” In …

Tiger Woods makes prediction over PGA Tour-PIF deal
3 weeks ago

Tiger Woods makes prediction over PGA Tour-PIF deal

The Independent  

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Trump thinks he can fix golf’s mess. He starts by playing golf with PGA Tour commissioner
1 month ago

Trump thinks he can fix golf’s mess. He starts by playing golf with PGA Tour commissioner

Associated Press  

President-elect Donald Trump boasted during the campaign he would need about 15 minutes to get a deal done between the PGA Tour and the Saudi investors of LIV Golf. “The President-Elect and the Commissioner share a love for the game and the Commissioner enjoyed their time together.” The next day, Trump attended a UFC heavyweight championship in New York with …

Donald Trump has got the driver swing
1 month, 1 week ago

Donald Trump has got the driver swing

Live Mint  

You have to see it to believe it. And thanks to his appearance on US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau’s wildly popular YouTube channel, 12 million golf fans around the world have seen Donald Trump’s golf swing in action. During the first presidential debate, Trump spoke about recently winning two club championships and added that…“.To do that, you have to be …

Rory McIlroy thinks Donald Trump and Elon Musk could help PGA Tour and LIV Golf discussions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rory McIlroy thinks Donald Trump and Elon Musk could help PGA Tour and LIV Golf discussions

CNN  

CNN — Rory McIlroy thinks that Donald Trump’s return to presidency could help unify the fractured landscape of men’s professional golf by brokering a deal between the PGA Tour and the breakaway Saudi-backed LIV Golf. When asked on Wednesday if Trump could deliver on his own assertion that he could fix the LIV-PGA Tour deal in 15 minutes, McIlroy said: …

Rory McIlroy thinks Donald Trump and Elon Musk could help PGA Tour and LIV Golf discussions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rory McIlroy thinks Donald Trump and Elon Musk could help PGA Tour and LIV Golf discussions

CNN  

CNN — Rory McIlroy thinks that Donald Trump’s return to presidency could help unify the fractured landscape of men’s professional golf by brokering a deal between the PGA Tour and the breakaway Saudi-backed LIV Golf. When asked on Wednesday if Trump could deliver on his own assertion that he could fix the LIV-PGA Tour deal in 15 minutes, McIlroy said: …

Does Trump’s victory clear the way for PGA Tour-PIF merger? Rory McIlroy thinks so
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Does Trump’s victory clear the way for PGA Tour-PIF merger? Rory McIlroy thinks so

LA Times  

Rory McIlroy walks off the 18th green following the second round of the British Open Golf Championships on July 19 at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. In fact, at times he’s been the most vocal critic among PGA Tour players, saying last year that “If LIV Golf was the last place to play golf on Earth, I would retire.” …

Golfing for Dollars: The PGA Tour’s Saudi Deal Leaves 9/11 Families Out in the Cold
3 months ago

Golfing for Dollars: The PGA Tour’s Saudi Deal Leaves 9/11 Families Out in the Cold

Politico  

Yet there’s another thing that may have even more to do with it: The PGA Tour, the same organization whose ill-timed meeting Eagleson spent last week criticizing, has gone from ferocious business competitor of the rival Saudi-owned LIV Golf startup to would-be partner. They were donating money to us.” 9/11 Justice also wound up hiring Clout, the politically connected public …

PGA Tour insists it is making progress in talks with LIV Golf's Saudi backers PIF but does not open up on New York meeting with Tiger Woods and co
6 months, 2 weeks ago

PGA Tour insists it is making progress in talks with LIV Golf's Saudi backers PIF but does not open up on New York meeting with Tiger Woods and co

Daily Mail  

The PGA Tour has claimed it has made progress amid negotiations with LIV Golf's Saudi backers in recent months. PGA Tour Enterprises' entire Transaction Subcommittee, a group that includes 15-times major champion Tiger Woods, was present at the latest meeting with Public Investment Fund Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan. The PGA Tour has claimed it has made progress amid negotiations with LIV …

PGA Tour reports ‘progress’ without details in meeting with Saudi wealth fund leaders
6 months, 2 weeks ago

PGA Tour reports ‘progress’ without details in meeting with Saudi wealth fund leaders

Associated Press  

The PGA Tour reported progress without details from a face-to-face meeting between its negotiating committee and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia as it tries to work toward a deal. The meeting in New York on Friday evening involved the “transaction committee” of PGA Tour Enterprises and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund that …

Analysis: A year after PGA Tour’s surprise deal with Saudis, still no clarity on where golf is going
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Analysis: A year after PGA Tour’s surprise deal with Saudis, still no clarity on where golf is going

Associated Press  

DUBLIN, Ohio — PGA champion Xander Schauffele was on the 10th tee at Muirfield Village for a late Monday afternoon practice round to start the week of the Memorial. Unbeknownst to Schauffele — unbeknownst to every PGA Tour player — was that Dunne and Herlihy, along with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, had been secretly meeting with the Public Investment …

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour policy board citing ‘no meaningful progress’ toward deal to unify pro golf
7 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour policy board citing ‘no meaningful progress’ toward deal to unify pro golf

New York Times  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One of the primary figures in the PGA Tour’s shocking framework agreement with the Public Investment of Saudi Arabia last summer resigned from the PGA Tour policy board Monday citing “no meaningful progress” toward a deal with PIF, according to a letter reported by Sports Illustrated. Jimmy Dunne, a prominent investment banker, became a key figure in …

McIlroy says he and Adam Scott also involved in Saudi meetings
7 months, 2 weeks ago

McIlroy says he and Adam Scott also involved in Saudi meetings

Associated Press  

Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott are joining Tiger Woods on the subcommittee directly involved in negotiating with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, an addition to what the PGA Tour previously disclosed even though McIlroy says he’s been involved in discussions. McIlroy said Thursday at the Wells Fargo Championship that while he is not on the PGA Tour Enterprises board, …

Monahan confident in his job and hopeful PGA Tour can strike a deal with Saudis
9 months, 1 week ago

Monahan confident in his job and hopeful PGA Tour can strike a deal with Saudis

Associated Press  

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was short on details but overflowing with confidence Tuesday about the future of the PGA Tour, repairing the fractured landscape of golf and his ability to lead the way. Monahan said at the onset of his news conference — his first in nearly seven months — that while negotiations with …

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan provides update on Saudi PIF negotiations
9 months, 1 week ago

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan provides update on Saudi PIF negotiations

The Independent  

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Future of golf in Saudi hands after £2.4bn American investment in PGA Tour
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Future of golf in Saudi hands after £2.4bn American investment in PGA Tour

The Telegraph  

The Saudis have been handed the chance to unify professional male golf after an American consortium, headed by the owners of Liverpool FC, made an investment in the PGA Tour that could reach £2.4 billion. The deal with the Strategic Sports Group comes eight months after plans were announced for a merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, which …

Senate committee wants cooperation from Saudis in proposed deal with PGA Tour
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Senate committee wants cooperation from Saudis in proposed deal with PGA Tour

Associated Press  

A Senate subcommittee investigating the PGA Tour’s proposed deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf wants documents from four U.S. consulting firms for the Public Investment Fund. The congressional inquiry stems from the June 6 agreement between the PGA Tour, European tour and the PIF to be part of a for-profit company, in which PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan …

Viktor Hovland says Arrogant PGA Tour chiefs doing a bad job
1 year ago

Viktor Hovland says Arrogant PGA Tour chiefs doing a bad job

The Hindu  

Viktor Hovland has fired a warning to the PGA Tour saying the organisation is doing a bad job, but the Norwegian says he will not be defecting to the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf World number four Hovland joined a chorus of discontent about the power struggle at the top of the men’s game between LIV Golf and the PGA and …

Senator subpoenas Saudis for documents on LIV-PGA Tour golf deal
1 year, 3 months ago

Senator subpoenas Saudis for documents on LIV-PGA Tour golf deal

The Independent  

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Saudi Arabian fund buys stake in PFL mixed martial arts league
1 year, 3 months ago

Saudi Arabian fund buys stake in PFL mixed martial arts league

Al Jazeera  

Fund created by Saudi sovereign wealth fund invests in MMA promotion company and will create a regional tournament. A company formed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has acquired a minority stake in the United States’ Professional Fighters League and will create a regional tournament as the kingdom’s sports investment push expands into mixed martial arts. The acquisition announced on …

Saudi investment in PGA Tour will top $1 billion. And Norman will exit as LIV’s CEO, tour exec says
1 year, 5 months ago

Saudi investment in PGA Tour will top $1 billion. And Norman will exit as LIV’s CEO, tour exec says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has agreed to invest more than $1 billion in a new commercial entity controlled by the PGA Tour, and Greg Norman will be ousted as the CEO of LIV Golf if the business deal between the Saudis and the tour is finalized, a tour executive told Congress on Tuesday. Asked by Blumenthal how …

PGA Tour executives testify before Senate on deal with Saudi Arabia’s PIF
1 year, 5 months ago

PGA Tour executives testify before Senate on deal with Saudi Arabia’s PIF

New York Times  

PGA Tour chief operating officer Ron Price and board member Jimmy Dunne testified before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Tuesday regarding its planned agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Dunne said in response to the criticism: “If any person had the remotest connection to an attack on our country or the murder of my friends, I …

Op-ed: PGA Tour COO Ron Price asserts deal with PIF is best option for tour
1 year, 5 months ago

Op-ed: PGA Tour COO Ron Price asserts deal with PIF is best option for tour

New York Times  

Editor’s note: Ron Price is the chief operating officer of the PGA Tour. Over the past half-century, that simple recipe has helped the PGA Tour become an American institution, providing the most pro-competitive, legacy-driven platform in men’s professional golf. Fundamentally, there are two reasons that the framework agreement with the PIF and DP World Tour marks not just a highly …

McEnroe not in favour of Tennis pursuing Saudi investment
1 year, 5 months ago

McEnroe not in favour of Tennis pursuing Saudi investment

The Hindu  

Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion John McEnroe said tennis should not seek Saudi investment and called golf’s PGA Tour hypocritical after it reached an agreement with the country’s sovereign wealth fund. The chairman of tennis’s ATP Tour, Andrea Gaudenzi, told the Financial Times last week he has held discussions with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and other potential investors on …

Saudi investment in tennis won’t replicate golf’s woes, says Australian Open chief Tiley
1 year, 5 months ago

Saudi investment in tennis won’t replicate golf’s woes, says Australian Open chief Tiley

The Hindu  

Australian Open chief Craig Tiley believes any Saudi investment in tennis is unlikely to have the same impact as the country’s disruptive entry into golf because talks are focused on bolstering the current structures of the game. ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi told the Financial Times last week that he had held “positive” discussions with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and …

Tom Watson is the latest to want answers on the PGA Tour’s deal with Saudi backers of LIV
1 year, 6 months ago

Tom Watson is the latest to want answers on the PGA Tour’s deal with Saudi backers of LIV

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to Commissioner Jay Monahan if the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was one of several questions posed by Watson in the letter, which was obtained …

Monahan tells US lawmakers that PGA Tour was left on its own to fend off Saudis
1 year, 6 months ago

Monahan tells US lawmakers that PGA Tour was left on its own to fend off Saudis

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Commissioner Jay Monahan has told congressional members the PGA Tour was “left on our own” to fend off Saudi Arabia’s bid to take over the sport with LIV Golf because of the United States’ geopolitical alliance with the kingdom. Monahan sent the letter to various lawmakers on June 9, three days after the PGA Tour’s stunning announcement …

US Congress probes PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger involving Saudi Arabia money
1 year, 6 months ago

US Congress probes PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger involving Saudi Arabia money

Firstpost  

The US Congress launched a probe Monday into the surprise merger of the PGA Tour with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, the chair of an investigative panel announced. LIV Golf was launched in October 2021 and lured top PGA Tour talent with record $25 million purses and money guarantees, bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Critics said LIV was conceived by …

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan recuperating from ‘medical situation’
1 year, 6 months ago

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan recuperating from ‘medical situation’

New York Times  

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is “recuperating from a medical situation,” the Tour and its policy board said in a joint statement Tuesday. The Tour will also “provide further updates as appropriate.” Monahan has been the PGA Tour commissioner since 2017. Backstory This news comes a week after the PGA Tour, the Public Investment Fund and the DP World Tour …

Rory McIlroy a strong anti-Saudi voice that now feels like 'sacrificial lamb' amid LIV Golf merger
1 year, 6 months ago

Rory McIlroy a strong anti-Saudi voice that now feels like 'sacrificial lamb' amid LIV Golf merger

The Independent  

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PGA Tour and Europe join forces with Saudi’s LIV Golf. Here’s what you need to know
1 year, 6 months ago

PGA Tour and Europe join forces with Saudi’s LIV Golf. Here’s what you need to know

Associated Press  

The announcement was so shocking that not even PGA Tour players knew what was coming. The PGA Tour, European tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund say they will combine their commercial businesses into a new company with hopes of unifying golf. That starts with whether top stars like Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka — suspended for taking massive Saudi …

LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger reignites not-so-clean debate over sportswashing
1 year, 6 months ago

LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger reignites not-so-clean debate over sportswashing

Associated Press  

There have been other recent headlines out of Saudi Arabia that had nothing to do with golf. The announcement Tuesday that LIV Golf, a Saudi-backed organization implicated by its critics for the sin of sportswashing, had made a deal with the PGA Tour certainly outstripped news that the same backers are trying to lure top soccer players to Saudi Arabia’s …

Donald Trump and others react to PGA and LIV’s ‘big, beautiful, and glamorous deal’
1 year, 6 months ago

Donald Trump and others react to PGA and LIV’s ‘big, beautiful, and glamorous deal’

LA Times  

Former President Donald Trump talks with Phil Mickelson during an LIV Golf event May 27 at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. Former President Trump predicted this day would come. Last July, while taking part in a pro-am during an LIV Golf event at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Trump heaped praise on the newly formed, …

Matt Fitzpatrick hits out at PGA Tour over 'strategic alliance' with DP World Tour
1 year, 9 months ago

Matt Fitzpatrick hits out at PGA Tour over 'strategic alliance' with DP World Tour

The Telegraph  

Matt Fitzpatrick missed the cut here at the Players Championship on Friday, but was then unerring with his accuracy in taking dead aim at the PGA Tour and its ‘strategic alliance” with his home circuit. “My biggest gripe is that the PGA Tour isn’t doing enough to help build up the DP World Tour. The deal with the PGA Tour …

'Grievance and revenge': Bob Costas gives scathing takedown of Trump's decision to host Saudi golf tournament
2 years, 4 months ago

'Grievance and revenge': Bob Costas gives scathing takedown of Trump's decision to host Saudi golf tournament

Raw Story  

Sports broadcaster Bob Costas on Thursday delivered a scathing takedown of former President Donald Trump's decision to host a golf tournament funded by the Saudi government, despite the protestations of several families of 9/11 victims. Appearing on CNN, Costas said that Trump fundamentally didn't care about the optics of having a Saudi-backed golf tournament miles from Ground Zero in New …

Donald Trump to join up with Bryson DeChambeau as latest LIV Golf recruit
2 years, 4 months ago

Donald Trump to join up with Bryson DeChambeau as latest LIV Golf recruit

The Telegraph  

There was never any genuine doubt that Donald Trump would turn up for this week’s Saudi rebel circuit event here at his eponymous country club, but few expected the former President to play in the pro-am. Protests from 9/11 families and survivors are planned for the tournament taking less than 50 miles from Ground Zero and media outlets here are …

LIV Golf and the king-sized ambition behind a game on the brink
2 years, 4 months ago

LIV Golf and the king-sized ambition behind a game on the brink

New York Times  

Editor’s note: On June 6, 2023, the PGA Tour, PIF and DP World Tour announced they were partnering commercial operations under common ownership. Time, while featuring a posed portrait of MBS on its cover, considered: “If it works, bin Salman’s putative revolution could transform one of world’s most retrograde autocracies from exporter of oil and terrorist ideology into a force …

'Cruel and callous' Trump hammered by 9/11 families for hosting Saudi-backed golf tournament
2 years, 5 months ago

'Cruel and callous' Trump hammered by 9/11 families for hosting Saudi-backed golf tournament

Raw Story  

Families of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack are pleading with Donald Trump to cancel hosting a Saudi-backed golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey at the end of the month. In 2021, under pressure after the Jan 6th insurrection, the former president lost the 2022 PGA Championship that was scheduled at Bedminster, with Jim …

LIV Golf CEO and former No. 1 Norman excluded from 150th championship celebrations
2 years, 5 months ago

LIV Golf CEO and former No. 1 Norman excluded from 150th championship celebrations

The Hindu  

Two-times Open champion Greg Norman has not been invited to the celebrations at the 150th edition of the championship, organisers Royal & Ancient said on Saturday, as they feared his involvement with LIV Golf would tarnish the occasion. Norman, who won the Open in 1986 and 1993, is the CEO of LIV Golf -- the lucrative, Saudi-backed series that has …

LIV Golf chief Greg Norman hits out at PGA Tour’s ‘deafening hypocrisy’
2 years, 6 months ago

LIV Golf chief Greg Norman hits out at PGA Tour’s ‘deafening hypocrisy’

The Independent  

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PGA chief slams Saudi-funded league as series of exhibitions
2 years, 6 months ago

PGA chief slams Saudi-funded league as series of exhibitions

Associated Press  

— PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan described the Saudi-funded league that has signed up Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau as a “series of exhibition matches” that spends billions of dollars on players without getting a return on its investment. “I would ask any player that has left, or any player that would ever consider leaving, ‘Have you ever …

Golfers put aside ‘reprehensible’ Saudi moves to join series
2 years, 6 months ago

Golfers put aside ‘reprehensible’ Saudi moves to join series

Associated Press  

ST. ALBANS, England — The stars of the new Saudi-funded golf league tried to fend off concerns on Tuesday about human rights abuses and signing up to accept hundreds of millions of dollars despite the risk of being banned from long-standing events. Another former major winner — Graeme McDowell — was left at a news conference trying to publicly reconcile …

Column: Saudi money could put college stars in tough spot
2 years, 6 months ago

Column: Saudi money could put college stars in tough spot

Associated Press  

DUBLIN, Ohio — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett was a mixture of joy and exhaustion upon making it through 36-hole U.S. Open qualifying for the first time. So is Andy Ogletree, another former U.S. And then he broke into a smile and said, “Yeah, I’d probably take it.” Where else would he have access to riches beyond his dreams right …

Greg Norman exclusive: ‘Being shunned by golf stings but the Saudi project is worth it’
2 years, 8 months ago

Greg Norman exclusive: ‘Being shunned by golf stings but the Saudi project is worth it’

The Telegraph  

If Greg Norman was in any doubt concerning his new pariah standing in golf’s corridors of power then it was confirmed at last week’s Masters. “Don’t call it the Super Golf League, mate”, the Australian says, during a wide-ranged and at times passionate conversation regarding the Saudi Arabia breakaway circuit. “Look, I'll be honest with you, yes, the criticisms have …

Exclusive: Saudi golf chiefs to reveal 'marquee names' for $225m rebel tour
2 years, 8 months ago

Exclusive: Saudi golf chiefs to reveal 'marquee names' for $225m rebel tour

The Telegraph  

The Saudi-backed rebel golf circuit is poised to reveal the "marquee names" who have signed up to the $225m tour. Greg Norman, the two-time major champion who is chief executive of LIV Golf, the entity overseeing the tour, told Telegraph Sport that players including a two-time major winner have been in talks over joining. “The interest level we’ve had… well, …

Controversial Saudi-Backed Tournament Reportedly To Be Held At Trump Golf Course
2 years, 9 months ago

Controversial Saudi-Backed Tournament Reportedly To Be Held At Trump Golf Course

Huff Post  

The highly controversial new golf league funded by the Saudis will hold one of its tournaments at Donald Trump’s course in Bedminster, New Jersey, Mother Jones magazine reported. Trump refused to criticize Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman even after American intelligence determined the prince ordered the brutal 2018 murder and dismemberment of Saudi dissident and Washington Post journalist Jamal …

Golf: Rory McIlroy Says PGA Players Want to See Phil Mickelson Return
2 years, 9 months ago

Golf: Rory McIlroy Says PGA Players Want to See Phil Mickelson Return

News 18  

Rory McIlroy said Wednesday he expects six-time major winner Phil Mickelson to bounce back from the comments on the proposed Saudi-backed Super League that cost him sponsors and a return to the US PGA Tour. Mickelson, 51, called the Saudi partners “scary” but said he was willing to overlook what he called a “horrible record on human rights.” He cited …

Greg Norman delivers stern response to PGA Tour over Super Golf League: 'This is certainly not the end'
2 years, 10 months ago

Greg Norman delivers stern response to PGA Tour over Super Golf League: 'This is certainly not the end'

The Telegraph  

Greg Norman has hit back at the PGA Tour’s apparent victory over Saudi Arabia and its proposed Super Golf League, telling commissioner Jay Monahan he is legally unable to ban players and warning that “this is certainly not the end”. And in this missive the two-time major champion quoted a former chief lawyer to the Federal Trade Commission, who concluded: …

Monahan: Players tempted by Saudi tour need to make up minds
2 years, 10 months ago

Monahan: Players tempted by Saudi tour need to make up minds

Associated Press  

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan says he has “zero complacency” when it comes to the threat of a Saudi-funded rival league, and he has a clear message for any player still tempted to leave. “I told the players we’re moving on and anyone on the fence needs to make a decision,” Monahan said Wednesday in a telephone interview. Norman’s proposed …

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