Power broker Jimmy Dunne with 9/11 history helped get PGA and Saudis to the table
1 year, 6 months ago

Power broker Jimmy Dunne with 9/11 history helped get PGA and Saudis to the table

Associated Press  

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, sat beside each other during a CNBC interview wearing comfortable smiles of longtime friends. “I would ask any player who left, or any player that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?” Monahan said. Monahan said reshaping this year’s schedule with 13 “designated events” averaging $20 million in prize money forced the tour to dip into its reserves, and there were questions how long this could be sustained. “And they went in there, and the way Jimmy described it: ‘Rory, sometimes you got 280 over water, you just got to go for it.’ And that’s what they did.” Dunne said he has been in Monahan’s ear about the tour at least talking to the Saudis — not Monahan at first, but Dunne or Herlihy, or perhaps someone from European tour.

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PGA Tour to hire CEO to run expanding business. Jay Monahan stays on as commissioner
1 week ago

PGA Tour to hire CEO to run expanding business. Jay Monahan stays on as commissioner

The Independent  

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

Rory McIlroy suggests new timeline for PGA Tour and LIV Golf to strike deal
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rory McIlroy suggests new timeline for PGA Tour and LIV Golf to strike deal

The Independent  

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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 commissioner says sides are making progress on deal with Saudi backers of LIV Golf
6 months ago

PGA Tour commissioner says sides are making progress on deal with Saudi backers of LIV Golf

Associated Press  

CROMWELL, Conn. — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday the difficulty in finalizing a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf isn’t a reason for concern. “We have the right people around the table for us,” Monahan said, “and they do as well.” It’s been more than a year since the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund …

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 …

Jordan Spieth contradicts Rory McIlroy's claim PGA Tour-Saudi talks are crumbling: 'Things are actually moving positively from both sides'
7 months ago

Jordan Spieth contradicts Rory McIlroy's claim PGA Tour-Saudi talks are crumbling: 'Things are actually moving positively from both sides'

Daily Mail  

Jordan Spieth has a seat in the room where the decisions on the PGA Tour-Saudi PIF merger are made, and he's chosen to contradict the claims of the man that was shut out of that room weeks ago. In the aftermath of Jimmy Dunne departing the PGA Tour policy board during last week's PGA Championship, Rory McIlroy stated that his …

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour policy board amid 'too much player power' as Tour-LIV talks stall
7 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour policy board amid 'too much player power' as Tour-LIV talks stall

Daily Mail  

Jimmy Dunne - one of the key figures behind golf's ongoing merger talks between the PGA Tour and the Saudi sovereign wealth - has said 'no meaningful progress has been made' in the negotiations after resigning from the process on Monday. In a development that will heighten suspicions that a union between the Tour and LIV won't materialise, Dunne, the …

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour board. He feels his input is no longer needed
7 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour board. He feels his input is no longer needed

Associated Press  

Jimmy Dunne, one of the architects behind the PGA Tour’s stunning reversal to strike a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, abruptly resigned Monday from the PGA Tour board with a letter that expressed frustration at the lack of progress that no longer included his input. “I believe that history will look favorably on this outcome and the …

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 …

PGA Tour’s Monahan describes ‘constructive’ meeting with Saudi leader of LIV Golf
9 months ago

PGA Tour’s Monahan describes ‘constructive’ meeting with Saudi leader of LIV Golf

Associated Press  

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — The PGA Tour took a first step in sparking negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund with a meeting in the Bahamas that Commissioner Jay Monahan described as “constructive” without offering many more details. In a memo late Monday night to players, Monahan said the player directors on the PGA Tour Enterprises board met with Yasir …

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

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PGA Tour strikes $3 billion deal with Fenway-led investment group. Players to get equity ownership
10 months, 3 weeks ago

PGA Tour strikes $3 billion deal with Fenway-led investment group. Players to get equity ownership

Associated Press  

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The PGA Tour is getting a $3 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group in a deal announced Wednesday that would give players access to more than $1.5 billion as equity owners in the new PGA Tour Enterprises. “The coolest thing about it is the players are now owners,” said Jordan Spieth, one of six players on …

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 …

PGA Tour starts a new year that feels like the old one. There’s more to golf than just the golf
11 months, 3 weeks ago

PGA Tour starts a new year that feels like the old one. There’s more to golf than just the golf

Associated Press  

KAPALUA, Hawaii — One upside for the PGA Tour extending the Dec. 31 deadline to finalize a deal with Saudi Arabia is the new season starting Thursday at Kapalua can avoid a big distraction. The new year feels a lot like the old one — questions about a fractured landscape, more money than ever that still doesn’t seems to be …

Jordan Spieth pushes back on report that Patrick Cantlay is calling shots in PGA Tour negotiations
1 year ago

Jordan Spieth pushes back on report that Patrick Cantlay is calling shots in PGA Tour negotiations

Associated Press  

Jordan Spieth dispelled the notion he is part of an alliance with Tiger Woods and Patrick Cantlay on the PGA Tour board as the deadline nears for the tour to finalize its framework agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, who have lured away Masters champion Jon Rahm. Sports Illustrated reported the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia indicated …

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board, to assist commissioner Jay Monahan on Saudi deal discussions
1 year, 4 months ago

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board, to assist commissioner Jay Monahan on Saudi deal discussions

Firstpost  

Woods joins the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years on tour will become a sixth player director as part of a broad agreement that gives the players a greater voice and awareness of any major deals going forward. Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 …

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and gives commissioner his support as Saudi deal talks continue
1 year, 4 months ago

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and gives commissioner his support as Saudi deal talks continue

Associated Press  

Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years on tour, giving Commissioner Jay Monahan key support as he rebuilds trust while forging ahead with details of a business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf. Woods will become a sixth player director — a year ago, the PGA Tour had only …

PGA Tour officials: No choice but to join LIV
1 year, 5 months ago

PGA Tour officials: No choice but to join LIV

The Hindu  

PGA Tour officials painted a bleak outlook during a contentious Senate hearing Tuesday, sharing they felt no other choice was left but to merge with Saudi-backed LIV Golf in order for the tour to survive. “The PGA Tour is not that big in terms of players,” PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne said during sworn testimony Tuesday before the U.S. …

PGA Tour-LIV Golf Tie-Up Under US Senate Panel Scanner Over Saudi Involvement
1 year, 5 months ago

PGA Tour-LIV Golf Tie-Up Under US Senate Panel Scanner Over Saudi Involvement

News 18  

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 much money …

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 …

Stephenson resigns from PGA Tour board over ‘serious concerns’ about Saudi deal, according to report
1 year, 5 months ago

Stephenson resigns from PGA Tour board over ‘serious concerns’ about Saudi deal, according to report

Associated Press  

Former AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson resigned from the PGA Tour’s policy board over concerns about the tour’s proposed partnership with Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The Post said it obtained a copy of his letter that was dated Saturday and said the tour’s framework agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund “is not one that …

Jay Monahan to return to PGA Tour commissioner role after month break
1 year, 5 months ago

Jay Monahan to return to PGA Tour commissioner role after month break

The Hindu  

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is returning to work just over a month after he stepped away for a “medical situation,” saying a two-year battle that ended in a surprise agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf had been “grueling for all of us.” Monahan informed the PGA Tour’s policy board, players and staff Friday evening that he will …

PGA officials, but not LIV, to testify before US lawmakers
1 year, 5 months ago

PGA officials, but not LIV, to testify before US lawmakers

The Hindu  

US PGA Tour officials Jimmy Dunne and Ron Price will speak before a US Senate hearing into the PGA merger deal with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, lawmakers said on Monday. Testimony had been sought from LIV chief executive Greg Norman and Saudi Public Investment Fund governor Yasir al-Rumayyan but neither will appear at the July 11 hearing. Price, the …

PGA Tour will appear before a Senate panel investigating its deal with Saudi backers of LIV
1 year, 6 months ago

PGA Tour will appear before a Senate panel investigating its deal with Saudi backers of LIV

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The PGA Tour said Wednesday that it would appear next month before a Senate subcommittee whose leader asked executives from the tour, Saudi golf interests and LIV Golf to testify as Congress investigates the business deal that upended the sport. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced that the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations would hold a hearing on July …

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 …

PGA Tour, LIV Golf, PIF file motion to dismiss lawsuits
1 year, 6 months ago

PGA Tour, LIV Golf, PIF file motion to dismiss lawsuits

The Hindu  

The PGA Tour, the LIV Golf League and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia officially agreed to end all pending antitrust litigation among the parties on Friday night. The news came amid the second round of the U.S. Open, and 10 days after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan appeared with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan for a CNBC interview explaining …

Controversial PGA Tour Deal With Saudis Faces Scrutiny In Washington
1 year, 6 months ago

Controversial PGA Tour Deal With Saudis Faces Scrutiny In Washington

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PGA Tour’s controversial merger plans with Saudi-backed LIV Golf is facing scrutiny in Washington, D.C., where lawmakers are questioning the morality and safety of such an acquisition, and a federal agency is reportedly planning an investigation. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Justice Department has notified the PGA Tour, the organizer of many professional golf …

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

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan ‘recuperating’ from medical situation

The Independent  

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PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan recovering from medical issue, cedes day-to-day control
1 year, 6 months ago

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan recovering from medical issue, cedes day-to-day control

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is recovering from a medical situation that led him to turn over control to two of his top executives, the tour announced Tuesday night. The tour did not disclose the nature of the medical situation or how serious it was, only that its board “fully supports Jay and appreciates everyone respecting his …

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 …

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 …

Who are the men behind LIV-PGA merger? What to know about Jay Monahan, Yasir Al-Rumayyan
1 year, 6 months ago

Who are the men behind LIV-PGA merger? What to know about Jay Monahan, Yasir Al-Rumayyan

New York Times  

Two men from very different backgrounds came together to shock the sports world as Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan pulled the strings to orchestrate a billion-dollar agreement to merge the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and DP World Tour. The pair’s relationship Monahan and Al-Rumayyan connected in April following Al-Rumayyan’s meetings with PGA Tour policy board members Jimmy Dunne and Ed …

PGA Tour and European tour agree to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf feud
1 year, 6 months ago

PGA Tour and European tour agree to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf feud

Associated Press  

The PGA Tour abruptly dropped its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf venture on Tuesday and instead announced a stunning merger that creates a global operation featuring the world’s top players backed by the Saudis’ massive wealth. As part of the deal merging the PGA Tour and European tour with Saudi Arabia’s golf interests, the sides immediately are dropping …

PGA Tour commissioner has ‘heated’ meeting with players after LIV Golf merger
1 year, 6 months ago

PGA Tour commissioner has ‘heated’ meeting with players after LIV Golf merger

Associated Press  

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan spent more than an hour explaining to players Tuesday afternoon why he changed his mind about taking Saudi funds in a surprise collaboration, saying it ultimately was for their benefit. “Nothing like finding out through Twitter that we’re merging with a tour that we said we’d never do that with,” Mackenzie Hughes tweeted. As I’m …

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 …

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

The Independent  

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'PGA is gonna get what it deserves': Condemnation of Saudi LIV merger unites some House members
1 year, 6 months ago

'PGA is gonna get what it deserves': Condemnation of Saudi LIV merger unites some House members

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Members of both sides of the political aisle spoke out against the PGA merger with the Saudi Arabia-owned LIV Golf Tuesday. "The PGA Tour has its own issues, obviously, but they can't just brush aside the source of the tour's money and the business model is a problem, I think, too," Kildee explained. A February 2021 FBI report …

'Shocked and deeply offended': 9/11 families condemn PGA deal with Saudi-backed golf group
1 year, 6 months ago

'Shocked and deeply offended': 9/11 families condemn PGA deal with Saudi-backed golf group

Raw Story  

The men's PGA agreed to merge with the LIV Golf tour in a huge announcement Tuesday – much to the chagrin of families of 9/11 victims that have spoken out against the Saudi-backed LIV group for months. "PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan co-opted the 9/11 community last year in the PGA's unequivocal agreement that the Saudi LIV project was nothing more …

Bitter rivals LIV Golf and PGA Tour announce shock merger to end golf’s civil war
1 year, 6 months ago

Bitter rivals LIV Golf and PGA Tour announce shock merger to end golf’s civil war

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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 …

Golfing power struggle set to erupt with top players to be blocked from money-spinning Saudi event
3 years, 1 month ago

Golfing power struggle set to erupt with top players to be blocked from money-spinning Saudi event

The Telegraph  

Golf's burgeoning power struggle is set to detonate with the European Tour ready to refuse requests from some of its top players to accept seven-figure appearance fees to play in Saudi Arabia next year. It has been reported that the list of pros who have applied to the US circuit for permission to play in the Saudi International include Dustin …

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