Bold new project or crass money grab? Even golf’s best players can’t agree on the new Saudi-financed golf tour. Here’s what you need to know.
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PGA Tour Suspends Players Who Joined Saudi-Backed LIV Golf Series
The PGA Tour commissioner said pros taking part in the new LIV Golf Series were now ineligible for his tour’s events, and he warned others thinking of joining that they would face the same discipline.
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Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf Series Upends Genteel World of Golf
By promising top players multimillion-dollar paydays to join its new series, the oil-rich kingdom is attempting what amounts to a hostile takeover of a lucrative sport.
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Older Players on the PGA Tour Are Looking Over Their Shoulders
A week ago, the top five players in the men’s world golf rankings were under 30 years old for the first time since the rankings began in 1986.