The Capitol Hill hearing yesterday showcased surreal scenes, with representatives of 9/11 victim groups sitting behind PGA Tour executives as they faced a grilling. The hearing also revealed that after the completion of the framework agreement, the Tour requested the termination of Greg Norman as LIV Golf’s CEO.
New plans have been proposed to ensure that Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund and chairman of Newcastle United and LIV, receives membership at Augusta National and the R&A in golf’s new world order.
The release of the 276-page document by the Senate sub-committee shed light on the extensive negotiations and horse-trading taking place in the pursuit of a unified game that satisfies both sides in terms of finance and power.
The attention naturally gravitates towards the proposals put forth by Amanda Staveley, the English financier who orchestrated PIF’s acquisition of Newcastle. Her presentation, titled “Best of both worlds,” presented several bullet points, including the idea that Woods and McIlroy should have their own LIV teams and participate in at least 10 LIV events. However, the chances of Woods playing that many tournaments after his severe car crash two years ago, which nearly cost him his right leg, seem highly unlikely.
Whether Woods was aware of being used as leverage in the negotiations remains to be seen. He recently claimed to be unaware of the Tour’s intentions to have him speak out against L
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