The PGA Tour and LIV Golf may have already finalized the terms of their planned merger, but it won't take place without a closer look from Capitol Hill.
By combining forces, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf could Saudi Arabia
's “deeply disturbing human rights record at home and abroad," Blumenthal said in his letter to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan the Tour's "sudden and drastic reversal of position concerning LIV Golf raise serious questions regarding the reasons for and terms behind the announced agreement."
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