From the Editorial Board: What a sad week for healthy competition, American sport and the beautiful game of golf.
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Despite protests from families of 9/11 victims, the LIV golf league grew more successful, buoyed in part by the game’s surge in popularity during the COVID-19 crisis. Golfers from all over the world were offered obscene sums of upfront money to participate, and the Professional Golfers’ Association went on the attack to protect its turf.
, ending their costly rivalry in favor of a complex structure of assured mutual profitability. Monahan, reportedly will get to run the new operation as chief executive, while Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, will be chairman.
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