The US Justice Department is investigating the PGA Tour over possible antitrust violations involving LIV Golf, the PGA Tour confirmed to CNN Tuesday
"This was not unexpected," a PGA Tour spokesperson said in a statement."We went through this in 1994, and we are confident in a similar outcome."The Justice Department and LIV Golf declined to comment.
1 Greg Norman and backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.The breakaway series has held two tournaments so far, in London and near Portland, Oregon.In June, Monahan indicated LIV represents a serious threat to the success of the PGA Tour."If this is an arms race and if the only weapons here are dollar bills, the PGA Tour can't compete," he said.
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