The upstart LIV Golf Invitational Series, a Saudi-backed proposed competitor to the PGA Tour, continues to suffer setbacks, some external and some very much self-inflicted.
Earlier this week, the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour) indicated they would not give their players releases to play in LIV Golf's inaugural event early next month. On Wednesday, LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman threw gasoline on the fire by appearing to downplay the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying, per The Times, "we've all made mistakes."
Norman is attempting to frame LIV Golf as an entirely sport-related, non-political venture.