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Leon Davis, Senior Lecturer in Events Management, Teesside University

How men's golf has been shaken by Saudi Arabia's billion-dollar drive for legitimacy

Augusta, home of The Masters -- golf's first major championship of the year. Slusing/Shutterstock

The first major tournament of 2023 in men’s professional golf could be a particularly tense affair. The Masters, held every April in the US city of Augusta (Georgia), sees the world’s finest players compete for a prize purse of around US$15 million (£12.1m), as well as the famous green jacket for the winner.

Approximately 90 players will compete for that jacket after a tumultuous 12 months for the sport, during which some of the best-known golfers have controversially broken away from the US-based PGA Tour, the biggest and most powerful organiser of professional golf events.

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