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A trio of PGA Tour executives will appear before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Tuesday to explain the PGA’s seemingly sudden and controversial agreement with LIV, the Saudi-owned golf league.
The subcommittee is a part of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, therefore, its grilling will be of limited scope. However, this could be the beginning of a larger investigation concerning Saudi Arabia’s sporting project, with foreign policy ramifications.
The senators should keep in mind that the agreement is not happening in a vacuum. There are two broader contexts that matter, one sporting, and the other political.