PGA Tour is sending 2 executives to a Senate hearing as LIV cites conflicts

Mon, Jul 3, 2023
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Two leading figures for the PGA Tour have agreed to testify next week before a Senate panel reviewing the tour's surprise agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf.

The panel will have to wait to hear from LIV CEO Greg Norman and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Saudi Arabian national wealth fund behind the rival circuit.

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said Ron Price, the PGA Tour's chief operating officer, and board member Jimmy Dunne have agreed to appear July 11.

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who chairs the panel, and ranking member Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Norman and Al-Rumayyan cited scheduling conflicts as to why they would not be able to appear.

LIV Golf is playing outside London this week. Its next tournament is not until early August.