PGA Tour and Saudi Wealth Fund Drop Poaching Clause From Agreement at Justice Department’s Request

PGA Tour and Saudi Wealth Fund Drop Poaching Clause From Agreement at Justice Department’s Request
PGA Tour chief operating officer Ron Price attends a Senate Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf partnership on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 11, 2023. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
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The PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf responded to a Justice Department inquiry by dropping a provision in their agreement that would have prohibited the poaching of players, the PGA Tour said Thursday.

The New York Times first reported the development, which stems from the Justice Department’s antitrust review that began last summer and expanded when the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund agreed to become business partners.