PGA Tour agrees to merge with its Saudi-backed rival, LIV Golf
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PGA Tour agrees to merge with its Saudi-backed rival, LIV Golf
South African golfer Charl Schwartzel plays a last shot during the LIV Golf Invitational Series in St. Albans, England in June 2022. The launch of the series rocked the world of golf by setting up rival leagues.
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South African golfer Charl Schwartzel plays a last shot during the LIV Golf Invitational Series in St. Albans, England in June 2022. The launch of the series rocked the world of golf by setting up rival leagues.
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The PGA Tour has agreed to merge with its rival, LIV Golf, a Saudi-backed league founded last year, to create one unified, global league the PGA announced on Tuesday.
The merger will end all pending litigation between the parties, mending a burgeoning split in men’s professional golf that has remade the game in the last year.
The rivals have agreed to create a “new, collectively owned, for-profit entity” that will deliver “maximum excitement and competition among the game’s best players,” PGA said.
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