In a letter sent to Congress two days after the PGA Tour announced a groundbreaking agreement with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Tour commissioner Jay Monahan pushed back on lawmakers who are now questioning the circuit’s decision to work with the PIF.
“During this intense battle, we met with several members of Congress and policy experts to discuss the PIF’s attempt to take over the game of golf in the United States, and suggested ways that Congress could support us in these efforts … we were largely left on our own to fend off the attacks, ostensibly due to the United States’ complex geopolitical alliance with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Monahan wrote in the letter which was obtained by Politico.