The US Senate has opened an investigation into the proposed merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s owners
The US Senate opened an investigation into the proposed merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund , on Monday. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued both organizations with letters in his role as chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
” The letters speak of Saudi investment in the sport as being described as “sportswashing,” a term referring to governments using high-profile sporting events to project a favorable image of their country around the world, often to draw attention away from alleged wrongdoing. The correspondence also refers to the Gulf state’s “deeply disturbing human rights record at home and abroad.
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