The Conflicts Between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund

The Live Tour is funded by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. Phil Mickelson left the tour for a massive contract with Live after complaining for years that the PGA Tour not only underpaid its players but wouldn't share revenue data. The main criticism here is that Saudi Arabia is using golf sponsorship to paper over its record on things like the state-sanctioned murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.