The Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour has drawn outrage for its poaching of PGA players, but don’t expect the indignation to last
Phil Mickelson and Greg Norman during a practice round of the PIF Saudi International. Photo: Luke Walker/WME IMG via Getty Images The British Open, which began on Thursday, is the final golf major of the year. Which is to say, this will be the last time casual fans care about the sport until 2023. Which means that this will also be the last time most people think about LIV Golf for quite some time. Which is exactly how LIV Golf would prefer it.
But then the weekend will be over, and we’ll all move onto something else. Once the initial outrage fades, where does that leave pro golf? If you didn’t know about any of this, well, that’s part of the plan. The whole idea is to integrate Saudi funding with the sports world so thoroughly that it becomes a nonstory. This is a smart move: Sports fans mostly just want to watch sports, after all, and they’ve historically been fine with ignoring all the ugly elements involved in the show — corrupt owners, public-stadium subsidies bankrupting local governments, athletes accused of domestic violence, and the rest of it.
And now the LIV Tour may get an assist from that same government. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the Department of Justice is investigating whether the PGA Tour engaged in “noncompetitive behavior” when it suspended players who took part in LIV Tour events. Whatever your thoughts on the issue, it’s not difficult to see the validity of the DOJ’s argument.
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