What is the LIV Golf controversy and what has Sergio Garcia to do with it?
To understand what really happened, we need to know what LIV Golf is and why it has courted controversy. LIV Golf is a professional golf tour bankrolled by the Saudi Arabian government-administered Public Investment Fund, fronted by its CEO, Greg Norman, and sanctioned by the Asian Cup. It is considered the golfing equivalent of the European Super League and the main rival of the PGA tour. LIV Golf was created with the idea of supporting golf globally, and the name LIV was created from the Roman numeral 54. Now the more established PGA tour doesn’t want its players to be lured by its wealthier rival for its events more so owing to the lucrative contracts and financial benefits offered by LIV Golf and hence denied waivers and suspended the players who participated in the rival events even though some contend that the golfing members of the PGA are independent contractors and PGA calls itself as a “premier membership organization for touring professional golfers” on ...