PGA Tour, LIV Golf Deal Faces Probe From US Senator Blumenthal

Senate Democrat Richard Blumenthal opened an investigation into the surprise merger between PGA Tour and LIV Golf, a deal that has already raised serious concerns among US and European antitrust regulators as well as scrutiny over Saudi Arabia’s involvement as LIV’s backer.

Blumenthal, chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote letters to PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman requesting records and communications regarding various aspects of the deal, including how the agreement was reached and how any newly formed entity will be structured and run.

The transaction “raises concerns about the Saudi government’s ...