Last Thurday, PGA Tour star and 2023 Masters Champion Jon Rahm Rodriguez confirmed that he would be leaving the Tour to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. According to ESPN, Rahm’s LIV contract is expected to be more than $300 million and run for at least three years.[1] While the PGA Tour has banned Rahm, and... Continue Reading →
On July 5, 2023, it was announced that Saudi Arabia is going to create a multibillion-dollar investment company that will “expand its sports interests.”[1] Saudi Arabia has been accused of using its investment in sports to distract the public from their poor record on human rights, which continues to be called into question. This act... Continue Reading →
This past Tuesday, June 6, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf announced that they agreed to a merger.[1] The agreement combines the commercial entities into a new company.[2] The merger shocked the golf world, as the companies have been at odds since LIV Golf was officially announced in October 2021.[3] LIV Golf... Continue Reading →
On February 10th, thirteen golfers who had participated in both the DP World Tour and LIV Golf events completed a five day arbitration hearing. The outcome of this hearing will determine the extent to which the DP World Tour can enforce regulations on its players. This dispute began in the summer of 2022, and... Continue Reading →
[1] LIV Golf has joined a group of its players — including Major champions Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau— in an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.[2] Backed by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, the upstart series is further escalating its bitter struggle for the hearts, minds, and wallets of golf fans.[3] In August,... Continue Reading →
LIV Golf, the professional golf tour financed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, has signed star amateur golfer David Puig. Puig, who has ranked as high as fifth in the amateur world rankings, has chosen to leave Arizona State to make his professional debut at LIV Golf’s next event at Rich Harvest Farms golf... Continue Reading →