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Saudi’s LIV golf exit is just the start
9 minutes Posted May 28, 2026 at 2:52 pm.
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Is Saudi Arabia no longer a golf state? The Saudi sovereign wealth fund poured billions into culture and sports in the last decade, none more high profile than LIV Golf, a rival to the PGA. So why is it reversing course now?

Fact checking by Vito Emanuel. 

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