PGA Tour Officials Defend Pending Merger With Saudi-Backed LIV Golf

Chief Operating Officer of the PGA Tour Ron Price arrives for a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations hearing examining the business deal between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 11, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Senior PGA Tour officials and Republicans defended the pending merger between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf, while Democrats panned it during a July 11 Senate subcommittee hearing.

In a crowded room, PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price and PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne told the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that the merger needs to happen for the sake of the PGA Tour and for the game of golf.