The two-year long fight between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf ended with a stunning announcement that the arch-rivals are now joining forces — news that’s been met with derision by many American commentators, lawmakers and golf fans.
The decision, announced on Tuesday, concluded a battle for golf’s best players and prompted an about-face from the PGA Tour, which had in a previous lawsuit accused Saudi Arabia of offering athletes “astronomical sums of money … to use the LIV Players and the game of golf to sportswash the recent history of Saudi atrocities.”
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