{"id":1969401,"date":"2023-07-11T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pga-tour-official-to-defend-saudi-backed-liv-tie-up-before-us-senate-panel\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T08:17:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T12:17:06","slug":"pga-tour-official-to-defend-saudi-backed-liv-tie-up-before-us-senate-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pga-tour-official-to-defend-saudi-backed-liv-tie-up-before-us-senate-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour official to justify Saudi-backed LIV partnership to US Senate panel."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpga-tour-official-to-defend-saudi-backed-liv-tie-up-before-us-senate-panel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969401&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>PGA Tour Officials Defend Decision to Form Unified Entity<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 Two officials from the PGA Tour go before a Senate panel on Tuesday to defend the U.S.-based golf tour\u2019s decision to end a rivalry with the Saudi-backed LIV circuit and form a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golf-pga-tour-and-liv-announce-shock-merger-to-end-bitter-split\/\" title=\"PGA Tour and LIV merge to end bitter split.\">unified commercial entity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ron Price, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/audit-michigan-may-have-paid-billions-in-fraudulent-jobless-claims-gretchen-whitmer-administration-hit-with-kickback-allegations\/\" title=\"Audit: Michigan May Have Paid Billions in 'Fraudulent' Jobless Claims; Gretchen Whitmer Administration Hit with 'Kickback' Allegations\">chief operating officer<\/a> of the PGA Tour, and board member Jimmy Dunne are to testify before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said Senator Richard Blumenthal, chair of the committee, and Ron Johnson, the top Republican. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The LIV Golf series is bankrolled by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF). Critics have accused it of being a vehicle for the country to improve its reputation, or \u201csports-washing,\u201d as it faces criticism of its human rights record, including the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as its record on women\u2019s rights and gay rights.<\/p>\n<p>Price said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyts-op-ed-these-attacks-on-jews-are-especially-bad-because-it-makes-republicans-look-right\/\" title=\"NYT\u2019s Op-Ed: These Attacks On Jews Are Especially Bad Because It Makes Republicans Look Right\">opinion piece published<\/a> before the hearing that the agreement between the PGA Tour and LIV was not a merger, and that the PIF was a \u201cnon-controlling, minority investor.\u201d He did not say what percentage of the PGA Tour would be owned by the PIF own.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s PIF governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, will be the chairman of the new entity, called NewCo in the framework, while PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan will serve as CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Price said the PGA Tour would have a controlling interest in the board.<\/p>\n<p>Blumenthal has asked the PGA and LIV for communications and records on their planned deal, citing concerns about the Saudi government\u2019s role in the deal and risks posed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pga-tour-official-to-defend-saudi-backed-liv-tie-up-before-us-senate-panel\/\" title=\"PGA Tour official to justify Saudi-backed LIV partnership to US Senate panel.\">foreign government entity assuming control<\/a> over the sport.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Diane Bartz in Washington and Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Matthew Lewis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/pga-tour-official-to\/attachment\/file-photo-canadian-opens-championship-pro-am-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Legislation Introduced to Restore Public Trust in Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>White House Censorship Efforts Thwarted<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>New York Governor Blames Predecessor for Bail Mess<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Mayor of Atlanta City Arrested for Trespassing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Social Media Giant Meta Platforms to Label Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>China Holds Meeting with Tech Firms<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Foxconn Withdraws from Semiconductor Joint Venture<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Foxconn Withdraws from Semiconductor Joint Venture<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two PGA Tour officials will testify before a Senate panel, defending their decision to merge with the Saudi-backed LIV circuit. 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