On a day most of the high golfers on the earth have been in Charlotte, North Carolina, deciding on matchups and getting ready for the 14th Presidents Cup, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman was in Washington, D.C., lobbying on behalf of his Saudi Arabia-backed breakaway golf league.
“LIV Golf is coming to the Hill this week to fulfill with lawmakers from each events,” LIV Golf confirmed to Golfweek. “Given the PGA Tour’s makes an attempt to stifle our progress in reimagining the sport, we predict it’s crucial to coach members on LIV’s enterprise mannequin and counter the Tour’s anti-competitive efforts.”
In June, the Wall Avenue Journal reported that the Division of Justice is investigating whether or not the PGA Tour engaged in anticompetitive conduct in opposition to LIV Golf.
Each side are actively lobbying lawmakers and on Wednesday, Norman was within the nation’s capital for a gathering with the Republican Examine Committee, which is taken into account the biggest conservative caucus within the Home.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a member of the Republican Examine Committee, has known as on the Justice Division to research whether or not LIV Golf violated the Overseas Brokers Registration Act by not registering its ties with the Saudi Arabian authorities, based on a report by thehill.com.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) known as Norman’s look “propaganda” earlier than strolling out of the assembly.
Backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund, LIV Golf has been criticized as a approach for the Kingdom to “sportswash” its human rights document. Saudi Arabia has been accused of wide-ranging human rights abuses, together with politically motivated killings, torture, pressured disappearances and inhumane remedy of prisoners. And members of the royal household and Saudi authorities have been accused of involvement within the homicide of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Put up columnist.