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The 9/11 Families United coalition condemned the 'hypocrisy and greed' of US PGA Tour leaders after the bombshell announcement on Tuesday that the Tour will merge with Saudi-backed LIV Golf. | Sport24news

The organisation - a group of survivors and the families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks - said in a statement it was"shocked and deeply offended" by the merger.

Terry Strada, the 9/11 Families United chair whose husband, Tom, died in the attack on the World Trade Center, specifically called out PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan for"betraying" the 9/11 community. "They do now - as does he," Strada said."PGA Tour leaders should be ashamed of their hypocrisy and greed.

 

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