A new Saudi project shakes professional golf.
Now Donald Trump is urging players to leave the PGA Tour and jump on the heavily criticized Saudi Tour.
“Take the money and run”The former president of the United States writes.
A new round of golf – backed by the Saudi state – stirs up professional golf.
The “LIV Golf Invitational Series”, as it is called, has prize money that the sport has never seen before and is now trying to attract the biggest names.
So far it was…so.
The tour, led by former world playmaker Greg Norman, has earned a handful of big names, but the majority of top golf stars expressed disgust with it and said they would never participate.
Now throw yourself Donald Trump in the debate.
“Take advantage of the players”
The former US president – and a major golf fanatic – launches a scathing attack on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour) and urges players to switch to Saudi Arabia.
“Take the money and run! The PGA has been exploiting its players for many years and there is widespread resentment. The PGA has unlimited tax breaks, makes a fortune and pays higher executive salaries than the most talented players can play together in a good year. Life can change it”He writes on his new social platform “Truth Social”.
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“They are backed by Saudi Arabia (just like Formula 1, UFC, boxing, tennis and almost any other sport) and they have unlimited money that can go to players and charities. This new competition will mean that the PGA will have to “swallow dough” and potentially cut executives’ pay drastically Aberration. And only because of this, The Players Championship took home its biggest prize money earlier this year. Professional players should embrace LIFE and see what happens – more of everything, everyone”Trump writes.
“good people”
No wonder it supports Saudi investment.
The ongoing PGA Championship, which takes place in Southern Hills in Oklahoma this weekend, could already have been played at Trump’s own track in Bedminster, New Jersey. It was relocated after the Capitol was stormed last year and the Trump track in New Jersey will instead host one of the Saudi Tour competitions this summer.
– I made a deal with them. These are good people. Greg Norman was a gentleman who wanted to do this for a long time and now he has the proper backing of unlimited Saudi money. They can do the job, and I think, frankly, that when you have six or seven million dollars in first prize, very few will turn up, he tells Golf Digest according to Swedish Golf.