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Andrew Joseph

Fans crushed Jay Monahan after he struggled to defend his hypocrisy over the 9/11 families and LIV Golf

The golf world was sent into a state of disarray this week when it was announced that the PGA Tour plans to merge with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund — the owners of the rival LIV Golf league. And no person comes away looking worse than PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan.

When LIV Golf initially launched and paid exorbitant contracts to some of PGA’s biggest names to compete in glorified exhibition tournaments, Monahan came out strongly against LIV. He spoke of Saudi Arabia’s role in the 9/11 attacks as a way of shaming those departing golfers.

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