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Saudi Arabia weighs LIV Golf exit as West Asia war forces sports investment rethink
April 16, 2026 12:03 pm
Yasir al-Rumayyan, governor of the Public Investment Fund, acknowledged that the conflict is forcing a shift in strategy
Donald Trump, Elon Musk could unite Saudi Arabia-led LIV and PGA Tour: Rory McIlroy
November 06, 2024 8:33 pm
Donald Trump has in the past said that he could solve the split in golf ‘in the better part of 15 minutes’.
Greg Norman claims LIV Golf isn't going anywhere after merger with PGA Tour
June 09, 2023 9:51 am
"LIV is and will continue to be a standalone enterprise," Norman told staffers. "Our business model will not change. We changed history, and we're not going anywhere."
LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger reignites not-so-clean debate over sportswashing
June 07, 2023 9:41 am
“The word ‘sportswashing’ gives this very simple impression that there's one reason for everything they're doing, and that's not the case," said Danyel Reiche, a professor at Georgetown University-Qatar who studies the intersection of sports and politics in the Middle East.
The tangled inner world of LIV Golf: Piecing together the power structure of the Saudi-backed Tour
April 06, 2023 10:49 am
Some of the world’s top players, including Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson, have become the faces of LIV Golf. But the enterprise has been made possible by a web of investors, fixers, and political allies and patrons from around the world, including a former U.S. president and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
Masters to keep criteria, invite all eligible players in '23
December 21, 2022 11:53 am
Sixteen players with LIV Golf are among the 78 players currently eligible for the Masters. That includes six Masters champions — Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Bubba Watson and Charl Schwartzel.
Loud music, open bars, seeking Donald Trump: LIV Golf fans know how to party, even if they don't know golf
October 29, 2022 11:50 am
A quick sampling of spectators found few knew the golfers and even fewer the format or the teams.
LIV Golf trending upwards, PGA Tour trending downwards: Phil Mickelson says he is 'on the winning side' of pro golf's civil war
October 14, 2022 10:35 am
Mickelson is the most high-profile player of the contingent of the PGA Tour that defected to LIV, a Saudi Arabia-funded upstart league.
Why is the breakaway LIV Series not considered for world golf rankings?
September 25, 2022 7:59 am
What are the LIV golf players contending, why has LIV Golf not been included in the Official World Golf Rankings, and why are these players arguing for their inclusion? We explain.
Anirban Lahiri first Indian to join Saudi-backed LIV golf
August 31, 2022 10:50 am
Lahiri has said that achieving a better “work-life balance” was the primary concern behind the move, which is likely to bar him from the PGA Tour and the Major Championships, as the upstart initiative attempts to upset the established order in golf.
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