US lawmakers call PGA, LIV chiefs, Saudi backers to testify | The Express Tribune
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WASHINGTON: United States lawmakers on Wednesday invited the chiefs of the PGA Tour , LIV Golf and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to testify at a hearing looking into their shock deal that has rocked the golf world. Richard Blumenthal, chair of the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said the panel wanted more details of how the new golfing entity would work, describing it as a "Saudi takeover" of "a cherished American institution." PGA Tour chief executive Jay Monahan, LIV golf chief executive Greg Norman and PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan have all been asked to appear before the subcommittee. "Americans deserve to know what the structure and governance of this new entity will be," Blumenthal, a Democrat, said in the letter sent to the three men. "Major actors in the deal are best positioned to provide this information, and they owe Congress -- and the American people -- answers in a public setting....