PGA-LIV Golf merger brings new barrage from Texas GOP critics

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Texas lawmakers have been critical of entanglement between foreign governments and U.S. corporations or institutions.

Harold Varner III, of RangeGoats GC, hits from the 18th tee during the final round of LIV Golf DC at Trump National, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Sterling, Va.The shock announcement of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league's merger with the PGA Tour is drawing fire from Texas lawmakers who have beenU.S. Rep.

: “In the end, it’s always about the money. Saudi Arabia just bought themselves a one-world golf government.”of a federal antitrust investigation into the PGA Tour, which was leaked shortly before a visit from President Joe Biden to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “I just wanted to raise what this means as Americans, having corporations with connections to our adversaries buying up American institutions," Roy said, speaking of a meeting between congressional Republicans and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman. “As Americans, we should be concerned about a 100-year-old institution — 50 years old technically but goes back 100 years of history — targeted by a foreign national very specifically to promote themselves.

 

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