Opinion: The PGA-LIV merger isn't the problem. Golf is

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Especially in California, the sport relies on extensive public subsidies and tax breaks. The Los Angeles Country Club, which is hosting the U.S. Open, is an example.

ended a long battle between the two, typically framed as a struggle between pure, upright American values and brute economic, political and even murderous force. Many associated LIV backers with 9/11 and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Golf courses have historically been places of exclusion. Segregated golf courses flourished in the South through the 1950s, and somewomen, people of color and religious minorities until much more recently. Communities starved for green space and affordable housing look on as these carefully tended acres are sequestered for use only by those who can afford it. Both public and private golf courses impose significant costs on the places where they operate, costs that are almost never absorbed entirely by the players.

 

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