Saudis Get PGA Subpoena Reprieve As Golfers Exit LIV Dispute

Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund can wait to turn over documents in its dispute with the PGA Tour until it’s done appealing the tour’s subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Judge Beth Labson Freeman granted a request by the fund and its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, for temporary relief from her ruling enforcing the subpoenas. But she rejected the PGA’s bid for a parallel reprieve.

“Discovery remains critical to preserving evidence,” Freeman wrote for the US District Court for the Northern District of California. “Memories fade, and documents may disappear over time.” She rejected the tour’s argument that a one-sided ...