Golf

 

You just thought you couldn't be more P.O.'d about Saudi Arabia and golf.

Read this column in the N.Y. Times:

The Saudi government’s scheme to purchase the entire professional sport of golf is horrendous in and of itself. The kingdom has taken “sportswashing” to a new level, throwing so much money at the PGA Tour that it abandoned its alleged concern for human rights, betrayed its most loyal players and tossed aside the 9/11 families it had pretended to support while secretly negotiating this sellout. But there are larger geopolitical issues at play.

One major reason Saudi Arabia is especially flush with cash — enough to buy entire sports leagues — is that the Saudi government is taking advantage of the war in Ukraine to fleece the West.

FULL COLUMN is HERE.