Peace In Golf?

The June deal linking LIV and the PGA Tour leaves many questions unanswered

BY JEFF WILLIAMS

Litigation, government investigations, player discontent and barrels of cash have been the hallmark of men’s professional golf for more than a year now. The PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf Invitational Series have been in a furious fight over money and player free agency in a bitterly contested match play event. With Greg Norman as its driving force and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund as its oil-fueled bankroll, LIV had poached Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, among others, from the Tour, laying out what many reports said were hundreds of millions of dollars. LIV began play in June 2022, offering a different game, with 48-player fields playing 54 holes with no cut and $25 million purses. The events were held around the world in…

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