PGA Tour, LIV officials invited to testify

The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has called on PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan to "testify at a public hearing on July 11." The Subcommittee in a letter asked that Monahan, Norman and Al-Rumayyan "appear in-person to testify" with the purpose of assisting the Subcommittee's review of the "circumstances and terms of the planned agreement between PGA Tour and the PIF, how any new entities formed through the planned agreement will be structured, the expected impact on PGA Tour and LIV Golf players, and the anticipated role of PIF in US professional golf." Subcommittee Chair Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said the  " goal is to uncover the facts about what went into the PGA Tour’s deal with the Saudi Public Investment Fund and what the Saudi takeover means for the future" of golf in the U.S. ( GOLF DIGEST, 6/21 ).