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PGA Tour seeks discovery from Saudi’s PIF and governor of the fund

The PGA Tour’s ongoing lawsuit with LIV Golf expanded when the circuit subpoenaed the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the fund which is financing the startup league. Both the PIF and Al-Rumayyan claimed the U.S. District Court doesn’t have jurisdiction over a foreign sovereign wealth fund, but the Tour countered late Monday with a supplemental motion.

“PIF and Al-Rumayyan should not be permitted to conduct business in the United States … only to hide behind a shell corporation to evade the jurisdiction of this court,” the motion, which was filed in the U.