Two officials from the PGA Tour testified before a Senate panel, defending the US-based golf tour's decision to end a rivalry with the Saudi-backed LIV circuit and form a unified commercial entity
WASHINGTON, July 11 - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal tore into a "repressive" Saudi regime on Tuesday and called the PGA Tour's framework agreement with the country's Public Investment Fund an attempt by Saudi Arabia's government to "buy influence" in U.S. sports.
"A regime that has killed journalists, jailed and tortured dissidents, fostered the war in Yemen, and supported other terrorist activities," added Blumenthal, who spoke of a feeling of "betrayal." PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price and board member Jimmy Dunne on Tuesday testified before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which was chaired by Blumenthal.PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price and PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne are sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill to examine the planned PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2023.
"There is something that stinks about this path that you're on right now because it is a surrender and it is all about the money and that's the reason for the backlash that you see,” the senator said.
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