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The PGA Tour can sue the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund and its president, a judge ruled Tuesday, marking a win for the PGA against its rival, LIV Golf, the new Saudi-backed professional golf tour that siphoned off some of the PGA’s biggest stars last year—sparking a messy legal dispute between the world’s top league and a well-funded upstart.

ការពិតសំខាន់

សម្រង់សំខាន់

“It is plain that PIF is not a mere investor in LIV; it is the moving force behind the founding, funding, oversight and operation of LIV,” Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen រាយការណ៍ wrote in her February 9 ruling allowing the PGA to depose PIF and Al Rumayyan.

សាវតាសំខាន់

LIV was បានចាប់ផ្តើម in 2021 under CEO and former golf No. 1 Greg Norman, and hosted its first tournament at the Centurion Club outside of London on June 9-10. The league’s golfers compete on shorter courses for bigger prizesនិង គណបក្ស after they do it. Backed by 2 ពាន់លាន $ from PIF, it has offered players big enough buyouts to អុហ្វសិត the cost of switching tours. In June, LIV wooed some of the PGA’s top-talent with multi-million dollar payouts, reportedly paying Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau $100 million each to play for LIV, plus another $200 million for Phil Mickelson. By ខែ​មិថុនា 9, the PGA had suspended 17 players who’d pledged to LIV and promised future suspensions for anyone who participated in LIV events. The PGA tour oversees ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ ៤២០, which makes it almost essential to a pro-golfer’s career. It has squashed past competitors, including Norman’s ដំណើរកំសាន្តកីឡាវាយកូនហ្គោលពិភពលោក in the ‘90s, by threatening to sanction players who sign with competitors.

លេខធំ

25 លាន $. That’s how much LIV Golf pays out for each of its 14 regular tournaments. Individual winners get $4 million, the winning team of four gets $5 million to split and, because LIV tournaments don’t have cuts, the last-place player is still guaranteed $120,000. The league also offers $30 million in performance bonuses, with $18 million going to the year’s top individual player, and a $50 million Team Championship, with a $16 million prize for the winning team of four. The PGA poured 54 លាន $ into 8 tournament purses this year to compete with LIV, but it’s harder to increase prize money across its dozens of tournaments. Only the Players Championship ការប្រកួត the $25 million LIV shells out for each event.

DOJ Probe and Monopoly Accusations

នេះ កាសែត Wall Street Journal បានបង្ហាញ in July that the DOJ had launched an investigation into the PGA’s suspension of LIV players, and some PGA bylaws preventing golfers from participating in other tournaments. This isn’t the first time the PGA has come under investigation for allegedly monopolistic practices–in 1994, the Federal Trade Commission investigated a PGA rule requiring golfers to get the PGA commissioner’s permission before competing in non-PGA events, and another concerning golfers’ TV appearances. The probe found no wrongdoing. “We went through this in 1994 and we are confident in a similar outcome,” a PGA Tour spokesman told the កាសែត Wall Street Journal . However, several experts, including antitrust lawyer and Baruch College professor of law Mark Edelman, បានប្រាប់ Forbes the DOJ case has merit. There’s no indication when the probe may end, or whether the DOJ will bring a case against the PGA.

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Since its inception, LIV has been attacked as “ការលាងកីឡា” to distract from Saudi Arabia’s many human rights violations. Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, who controls the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund, is thought to have ordered the 2018 murder of ស៊ីនតោនប៉ុស្តិ៍ journalist and Saudi government critic Jamal Khashoggi, according to U.S. intelligence reports. Most of the hijackers behind the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were Saudi, though the Saudi government has persistently denied their involvement. The Saudi Arabian government is also intolerant of homosexuality. Mickelson famously បានពិពណ៌នា the Saudi government as “scary motherf*ckers” who “killed Khashoggi” and “execute people…for being gay” just months before joining LIV.

ប្រធានអ្នករិះគន់

Rory McIlroy, one of the PGA’s remaining champions, has repeatedly castigated LIV golfers for “taking the easy way out” and choosing money over prestige and tradition. Tiger Woods, arguably the most recognizable golfer in the world, បានប្រកែក players who switched to LIV “turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position.” អ្នកឧបត្ថម្ភ also cut ties with several LIV golfers, including Johnson and Mickelson.

The Trump of It All

Inextricably entwined in the drama is former President Donald Trump. Trump used to host several PGA championships at his golf courses, but the tour broke all ties after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Since then, Trump has thrown his hat in with LIV, ពិពណ៌នាអំពីវា ទៅ​ដល់ កាសែត Wall Street Journal as an “incredible investment [for Saudi Arabia]” and a “great thing…for the image of Saudi Arabia.” A LIV event hosted at his New Jersey golf club in July was តវ៉ា។ by people decrying Saudi Arabia’s connections to 9/11. The National Press Club called for a ធ្វើពហិការ។ of the same event, ripping into Trump for allegedly allowing the Crown Prince to get away with murdering Khashoggi. Trump didn’t seem fazed. He told the កាសែត Wall Street Journal that controversy around Khashoggi had died down and has repeatedly urged PGA golfers to “take the money.” Trump’s extended family also has ties to the Saudis: In 2022, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s private-equity-firm received 2 ពាន់លាន $ in funding from PIF. Importantly, PIF has invested billions in American businesses, including Amazon and Google’s parent, Alphabet.

អ្វីដែលត្រូវមើល

LIV’s 2023 season kicks off on February 24 at the El Camaleon Mayakoba Golf Course in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The tournament will be broadcast on the CW network, which LIV បាន​ចុះហត្ថលេខា​លើ a multi-year deal with last month. The league is still waiting to see if the Official World Golf Rankings will ទទួលស្គាល់ LIV tournaments, though golfers will not receive any ranking points for playing in Mexico. Widespread unhappiness with the OWGR led កីឡាគូររូប ទៅ ចេញផ្សាយ its own ranking system on Wednesday that includes LIV golfers and calculates ranking based on performance in the past year, instead of the past two years like the current system. It would be favorable to LIV players for the កីឡាគូររូប system to become widely recognized, so they can qualify to play in big tournaments.

អានបន្ថែម

New Sports Illustrated Golf Rankings System Includes LIV Players (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

Saudi-Backed LIV Golf Reaches TV Deal With The CW (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

វឌ្ឍនភាពដ៏គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលរបស់ LIV ក្នុងរយៈពេលត្រឹមតែប្រាំមួយខែប៉ុណ្ណោះ៖ បន្ទាត់ពេលវេលា (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

Court Allows the PGA Tour to Directly Sue LIV Golf’s Saudi Backers (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)