Is a Saudi-backed professional golf league a threat to the game?
The threat of a competing Saudi-backed professional golf league has floated like a storm on the game’s horizon for the better part of two years. Due to an overabundance of rumor and lack of substantiation, that's where the storm has stayed-in the distance.
What happens if a PGA Tour player sides with a rival?
However, the current framework began to arise in earnest in the fall of 2019, to the point that current PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan issued a warning in January 2020 that any player who sided with a rival league would face suspension and possibly a lifetime ban.
Is the PGA Tour’s new prize money a response to SGL threat?
Some observers believe the tour’s recent announcement that purse and FedEx Cup prize money increase are a direct response to the SGL threat; however, when the tour’s new media rights deal was announced in the beginning of 2020 (a nine-year agreement believed to be valued at $7 billion), Monahan promised the money would “put us in a position to s...
Which golfers have been linked to the SGL?
Speaking of ... by proxy, those who competed at this year’s Saudi International have seen their names linked to the SGL. This group includes Xander Schauffele, Tony Finau, Matthew Wolff, Bubba Watson, Cam Smith, Joaquin Niemann, Sergio Garcia, Shane Lowry, Paul Casey and Marc Leishman.
Friday, July 23, 2021
Complimentary lunch to be served. Invitation-only awards ceremony will immediately follow the tournament.
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The Saudi International
The Saudi International powered by SBIA kicks off Thursday, Jan. 31, in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia, at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club. The golf course was officially opened in 2018 after years of planning and is a central feature in a Saudi development that is the first golf community of its kind.
What players have said
Justin Rose brushed off the controversy in his winner’s press conference at the Farmers Insurance Open. “Yeah, sure, politics. I’m not a politician, I’m a pro golfer. There’s other reasons to go play it.
