Will the New Saudi Golf Tour Change Professional Golf and The PGA Tour As We Know It?

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For the past two years, speculation and rumors floated around regarding a new professional golf tour separate from the PGA tour. Finally, on March 16, these rumors became a reality with the announcement of the LIV Golf International (AKA, the Saudi Golf Tour).

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The Saudi Golf League announced that the LIV Golf International would be an eight-event series and revealed a 2022 playing schedule. With significant influence on the current golf landscape and lots of money to back it, the new Saudi Golf Tour could permanently change professional golf as we currently know it.

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What is the Saudi Golf Tour?

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The mission of LIV Golf is to establish a worldwide golf tour, often referred to as a “Super Golf League.” Most of the financial backing comes from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, hence the name “the Saudi Tour.”

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Will Its Prize Money Change Everything? The eight-event series would offer an astonishing $255 million in prize money.. The Saudi Tour reportedly offered some top players eight to nine figures to join the circuit, and players can make even more money in appearance fees.

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Sports Washing Controversy The primary funding for LIV Golf comes from the PIF, a sovereign wealth fund that acts as the financial arm for Saudi Arabia. Many accuse Saudi Arabia of committing many human-rights violations and using the new Saudi Tour as a way to “sportswash”

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Will Pros Break Allegiance with the PGA Tour? Though the Saudi Golf Tour has announced the tournament schedule and prize money for the circuit, no players have confirmed to have signed up for the Saudi Tour’s tournaments.

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