A professional golf merger is a victory for Saudi Arabia and another sign that money can overwhelm almost any other force in sports.
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Through Ties to Saudis, Golf Deal Promises Benefits to Trump
The new alliance between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is the latest example of how the former president’s relationship with Saudi Arabia has yielded gains, and criticism, for both.
Your Wednesday Briefing: A Dam Destroyed in Ukraine
Also, a victory for the Saudi-backed golf tour.
Golf Course or Housing? A Patch of Green Divides Hong Kong
The dispute over one of the city’s golf clubs exposes rare political friction for the elite in the new Hong Kong, where the establishment is torn between defending wealth and following Beijing’s wishes.
World Cup in Qatar Caps Big Gulf Push Into International Sports
In hosting major international sporting events, buying up soccer teams and even creating a golf league, the resource-rich Gulf States are seeking attention, prestige, economic diversification and political credibility.
Premier League Soccer Games Postponed Out of Respect for the Queen
The league was one of many sports organizations in Britain to alter its schedule after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Others will play on this weekend.
Many Sports Events Are Canceled Out of Respect For the Queen
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the British government left the decision over whether to postpone or cancel events up to individual sports organizations.
Saudi Arabia Bankrolls a Challenge to the PGA
Saudi Arabia is investing in sporting events, like an upstart golf tour, as part of a yearslong drive to turn the country into a hot spot for business and tourism and to blunt criticism of its human rights record.
For Saudi Arabia, Golf Is Seen as an Image Sanitizer
Saudi Arabia is investing in sporting events, like an upstart golf tour, as part of a yearslong drive to turn the country into a hot spot for business and tourism and to blunt criticism of its human rights record.
Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf Series Upends Genteel World of Golf
By promising top players multimillion-dollar paydays, the kingdom moved beyond investing in a sport and made a play to control one. Then the PGA Tour struck back.