{"id":1245425,"date":"2023-06-16T18:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/investigation-into-golfs-shock-merger-welcomed-by-9-11-families-group\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:47:32","slug":"investigation-into-golfs-shock-merger-welcomed-by-9-11-families-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/investigation-into-golfs-shock-merger-welcomed-by-9-11-families-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation into golf\u2019s shock merger welcomed by 9\/11 families group"},"content":{"rendered":"
A group representing victims’ families and survivors of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in the United States has welcomed the news that golf’s controversial peace deal will be investigated.<\/p>\n
The PGA Tour announced last week it was creating a new commercial entity with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which bankrolls the breakaway LIV Golf League.<\/p>\n
The United States Senate has already opened an investigation into the shock agreement, with Senator Richard Blumenthal writing to PGA Tour chief executive Jay Monahan to say that the PGA Tour’s “sudden and drastic reversal of position concerning LIV Golf” raised “serious questions”.<\/p>\n
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, a PGA Tour official informed employees that the US Justice Department also plans to review the agreement for antitrust concerns.<\/p>\n
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