PGA Deal’s Real Estate, Data Stir National Security Review Calls

Professional golf wouldn’t typically pose national security concerns, but the PGA Tour’s proposed merger with Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is triggering calls for an investigation into the deal’s foreign influence implications.

The surprise June 6 announcement, coming after a nearly year-long legal battle between the rival tours, would hand the merged entity’s chairmanship to the head of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund with a new PGA-majority board.

Among the lawmakers who’ve called for a federal investigation of the deal are Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and House Financial Services ranking member Maxine Waters ...