PGA Tour Plans to Tout Minimal Saudi Sway in Golf Merger (1)

Two top PGA Tour officials plan to tell US lawmakers that Saudi Arabia would have little sway over the golf business if a proposed merger with LIV Golf goes through.

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is holding a hearing on Tuesday that’s expected to explore what the PGA Tour-LIV combination would mean for the sport and for Saudi Arabia’s influence in the US.

Ron Price, PGA Tour’s chief operating officer, and Jimmy Dunne, a PGA Tour policy board member who helped negotiate the deal, will defend the pact by saying Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, LIV’s biggest backer, ...