The LIV Golf League has been accused of hiring a third-party United States firm to track and monitor families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, per Erik Larson of Bloomberg.
That accusation is part of a dense, multi-layered and vicious legal battle between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour at the core but has now roped in those aforementioned 9/11 families, who have been openly critical of the upstart golf league because of its financial backing from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
Larson provided the context behind the accusation: Clout Public Affairs serves as the PGA's public relations firm but also represents 9/11 Justice, which describes itself as representing "a grassroots movement made up of the 9/11 community" and whose stated goal is to "not rest until the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been held to account for its role in the murder of nearly 3,000 Americans.