Today's news of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf merging into a single entity drew reactions from a number of outlets, including YAHOO SPORTS, which goes with, "PGA Tour goes full hypocrite in its merger with LIV Golf." The merger of the Tour and LIV looks a "lot more like the Saudis just bought the PGA Tour like it previously bought so many of its top stars." The Tour gets to "control the board that handles the actual golf," but the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund "owns everything." This is a "dream scenario for LIV," as the Saudis "basically now own an entire sport that plays in prominent markets around the globe." The PGA Tour was "always in a tough spot in this fight." But it "looks awful here," as it spent a "year and a half trying to invoke sympathy and support by claiming it would never sell out to such evil." In the end, the Tour delivered the "ultimate betrayal, a secretly negotiated sucker punch."
Also:
- Newark STAR-LEDGER: "PGA Tour sells out and climbs into bed with LIV’s ‘scary mother[bleepers].'"
- WALL STREET JOURNAL: "The PGA Tour Partners With Its Nemesis LIV. The Money Wins Again."
