Mistrust Looms Over PGA Tour as Deadline for Saudi Deal Nears December 14, 2023 The PGA Tour is less than three weeks from a deadline to finalize a deal with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund that it promised… Read More
LIV Golf Has Embraced Trump, but Others Are Keeping Their Distance August 10, 2023 Walking toward a tee box in Virginia in May, former President Donald J. Trump offered an awfully accurate assessment of the way many golf… Read More
Tiger Woods Joins PGA Tour Board in Concession to Player Demands August 1, 2023 Infuriated after being blindsided by the PGA Tour’s pact with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, a band of leading golfers has won a series… Read More
British Open Won’t Rule Out Saudi Deal July 19, 2023 The leader of the R&A, who only a year ago was among the fiercest critics of LIV Golf, did not rule out the possibility… Read More
PGA Tour Says Saudi Wealth Fund Could Put at Least $1 Billion Into Golf Deal July 11, 2023 A PGA Tour executive told Congress on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund could invest more than $1 billion in an ambitious alliance… Read More
Other Sports Faced Congress’s Glare. Now Golf Will Get Its Turn. July 10, 2023 Sports executives and players have sometimes defended themselves or patiently absorbed hours of fury. They have occasionally apologized or pleaded for help. They have… Read More
Embattled PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan To Return July 17 July 8, 2023 Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner, who went on medical leave last month as he and his organization faced outrage over a planned alliance… Read More
LIV Golf Resists Senate Request for Greg Norman’s Testimony on Saudi Deal June 30, 2023 The Capitol Hill meeting room has been booked, the senators’ calendars cleared. But less than two weeks before a Senate subcommittee wants to hold… Read More
How the PGA Tour and Liv Golf Merger Could Collapse June 28, 2023 Golf’s big deal — a planned partnership between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — is not how big deals are… Read More
PGA Tour Board Meets To Discuss Merger With Saudi-Backed LIV Golf June 28, 2023 The PGA Tour’s board, with its members gathered in the same room for the first time since a fraction of them negotiated a deal… Read More