The PGA and LIV tours compete for the participation of the best golfers.
Donald Trump has held several press conferences from his New Jersey golf club. PDO
In golf, the competition between the PGA Tour and the new Saudi-funded LIV Golf Tour is heating up. Former President of the United States Donald Trump slammed his own fist on the table.
The golf green he owns in New Jersey will be the next venue on the LIV tour. Trump urged PGA golfers to take money from the LIV tour before the two giants merge into one golf tour of their own.
– All you golfers who remain loyal to the truly unreliable PGA in all its guises will have to pay a heavy price. When the inevitable merger comes, you will only be rewarded with thanks from PGA officials who make millions of dollars a year, Trump wrote on his own social media platform.
The former president has been demanded by the families of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks to cancel accepting the Saudi money and holding a tour in New Jersey.
– We cannot understand how you can accept money from the Saudi Arabian golf tour so that they can organize a competition on your course, the relatives of the terrorist attacks wrote in an open letter The Daily Mail by.
– It is incomprehensible that the former president of the United States pushes his loved ones aside in order to take more money for himself, the relatives continued.
15 of those involved in the terrorist attack were citizens of Saudi Arabia. No evidence has emerged that the state was behind the horrific events, although an official commission has investigated the matter.
Last May, the PGA banned its players from joining LIV’s tournaments. Still, some PGA golfers couldn’t resist LIV’s money. In June, the PGA announced that it would issue fines and bans to defecting players who played in a rival’s inaugural tournament.