Surprise Merger of PGA Tour, Saudi-Backed LIV Golf Stuns Sport
In a surprise announcement this week, the PGA Tour, golf's long-established premier professional league, announced that it would merge with LIV Golf, an upstart league founded by the Saudi Arabian government's Public Investment Fund (PIF), which was founded in 2021 and began hosting tournaments only last year.
The announcement, unexpected by most people associated with the sport, was particularly surprising becau