LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman will visit the nation’s capital this week to discuss the breakaway league’s “business model and plans” with lawmakers, according to reports. by Mark Schlabach of ESPN. Norman’s trip to Capitol Hill followed the LIV Golf Invitational Chicago, which took place from September 16 to September 18 and was won by Cameron Smith.
“LIV Golf will head to the Hill this week to meet legislators on both sides,” said LIV Golf spokesman Jonathan Grella. told ESPN in a statement on Monday. “Due to the PGA Tour’s efforts to stifle our progress in reimagining the game, we thought it was imperative to educate members about LIV’s business model and to combat those Tour’s anti-competitive efforts.”
Last week, the two-time major champion said that LIV Golf has “Do not care“sit down with the PGA Tour because” our product is working. “The LIV Golf Series is sponsored by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, but has yet to see the scores of former PGA Tour members fired in recent months.
Among them are some famous names with major championships to their credit, such as Smith, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed.
In an August federal antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, lawyers for LIV Golf and some of its players accused the league of “improperly suspending” members from playing at the new tournament. controversial. In addition, it accused the PGA Tour of “pressured suppliers, agents, broadcast partners and sponsors” not to work with LIV Golf.
The PGA Tour has denied the claims.
