Saudi Arabia-financed LIV Golf and its feud with the PGA Tour has divided fans, tested players’ allegiances and sparked legal battles. The upstart has countered that the PGA Tour is secretly running a “smear campaign” to take it down. At the heart of the matter is the PGA Tour’s public-relations firm, Clout Public Affairs. LIV last month sued to enforce the subpoena, arguing that the PGA Tour had hired Clout in part to arrange for 9/11 families to protest at LIV events. LIV has said the PGA turned over evidence in the antitrust case demonstrating that it “organized and likely funded” the 9/11 families’ protests.

Source: thestar January 05, 2023 05:01 UTC