Just days after he said he was open to accepting money from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, R&A CEO Martin Slumbers held a secret meeting with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan last week.
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour announced a plan last month to form a partnership with LIV Golf and the PIF, which ended a long and contentious battle within the sport. The tentative plan — which is far from complete and is under multiple investigations — is to form a new golf entity in which the PIF is a primary sponsor. Al-Rumayyan is expected to be the chairman of the board.
The R&A, like the USGA in the United States, is one of the main governing bodies in golf. It runs independently of the DP World Tour, just like the USGA is separate from the PGA Tour and the PGA of America. USGA CEO Mike Whan said at the U.S. Open last month that he wasn’t aware of the PIF trying to invest or team up with his organization.
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