When the PGA Tour comes to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend its controversial pact with the deep-pocketed Saudi Public Investment Fund, there are likely to be aggressive, pointed questions. And there may not be many definitive answers.
at the request of the subcommittee, and Blumenthal said that the tour “appears to be playing ball” with investigators. Asked if PIF is cooperating, he said, “We’ll see.”The tour executives are expected to tell lawmakers that striking a deal with the Saudis — and ending the costly litigation — is key to the long-term sustainability of the tour.
Congressional pressure is just one obstacle the agreement faces. The tour’s policy board needs to approve the final deal, which could be still be weeks or months away, and the Justice Department would need to be satisfied that the partnership doesn’t violate federal antitrust laws, which some legal analysts say could prove problematic.
Sen. Ron Johnson , the subcommittee’s ranking member, did not sign onto letters requesting documents, but he did sign letters requesting the golf executives appear at the hearing. In an interview, Johnson said he spoke with the tour’s Price ahead of the hearing and appeared sympathetic to the PGA’s position.
Johnson said he’s never seen a LIV Golf event — “I don’t even know where to access it,” he said — but is sympathetic to the views of the“I understand the issue of sportswashing,” he said. “At the same time, it does seem like the kingdom is trying to reform, spending an awful lot of money to reform. I’d like to think that everybody, every nation is redeemable. I would rather see them reform than not reform. If this was one of the ways it helps them do so, I don’t necessarily want to forestall it.
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