WASHINGTON (AFP) --Â Randall Stephenson, a former AT&T chief executive, reportedly has resigned his PGA Tour Policy Board position over "serious concerns" about the tour's controversial deal with LIV Golf's Saudi backers. *PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP)* The Washington Post reported on...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, sidelined nearly a month by an unspecified medical issue, will return to work on July 17, the tour announced on Friday, July 7. *PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP)* Monahan's return will come six days after he misses a hearing by US...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Tiger Woods says he never saw purported prepared comments for him to deliver last year at a players meeting, documents involved in a federal lawsuit. *Tiger Woods. (AFP)* Golf Digest and Golf Channel reported on Monday, July 3, that the comments aimed at Woods were part of 357 pages...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US PGA Tour officials Jimmy Dunne and Ron Price will speak before a US Senate hearing into the PGA merger deal with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, lawmakers said on Monday, July 3. *PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP)* US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chairman...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The "framework" agreement that united the PGA Tour and LIV Golf's Saudi backers was submitted to US lawmakers on Monday, June 26, night ahead of a Congressional hearing, according to multiple reports. The deal, obtained by Golf Channel and the Washington Post, outlines a...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- United States lawmakers on Wednesday, June 21, invited the chiefs of the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to testify at a hearing looking into their shock deal that has rocked the golf world. *US Senator Richard Blumenthal. (AFP)* Richard Blumenthal,...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- United States golf legend Tom Watson called on the PGA Tour to provide full details of its merger with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf on Monday, June 19, saying the deal had left a slew of unanswered questions. *Golf legend Tom Watson. (AFP)* In an open letter sent to PGA Tour...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US lawmakers began an investigation Thursday, June 15, into the shock merger of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, taking aim at tax breaks. *US Senate Finance Committee chairman Ron Wyden. (AFP)* US Senate Finance Committee chairman Ron Wyden, a...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The US Congress launched a probe on Monday, June 12, into the surprise merger of the PGA Tour with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, the chair of an investigative panel announced. *US Senator Richard Blumenthal. (AFP)* The deal unveiled last week raises questions about the role of the Saudi...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan reportedly faced calls to resign at a heated players' meeting following the announcement of a shock merger with LIV Golf. *PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP)* Monahan was accused of hypocrisy after announcing that the US-based PGA Tour...
SINGAPORE (AFP) --Â The Asian Tour called it "a massive stride forward" for golf on Wednesday, June 7, after the PGA Tour announced a shock merger with the Saudi-backed LIV circuit, ending the sport's two-year civil war. *Asian Tour commissioner and chief executive Cho Minn Thant. (AFP)*...
MIAMI (AFP) -- The PGA Tour announced a shock merger with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit on Tuesday, June 6, rocking the golfing world with a bombshell deal aimed at ending the sport's bitter two-year civil war.  *PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. (AFP)* In a stunning agreement that...
