Saudi LIV Boss Accused by PGA of Stonewalling in Lawsuit (1)

The founder of a Saudi-backed golf league that is challenging the PGA Tour’s dominance of the sport is refusing to testify or provide documents in a lawsuit pitting the rivals leagues against each other, according to the PGA.

Yasir Al-Rumayyan insists “there is no court in the United States with jurisdiction” over him or the Saudi investment fund that he runs and which is backing the upstart LIV tour, lawyers for the PGA said in court papers unsealed Friday in New York.

Yasir Al-Rumayyan

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Al-Rumayyan, an avid golfer who is governor of the Saudi kingdom’s Public Investment Fund,” founded LIV Golf ...