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Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University

PGA-LIV merger: What this new partnership means for the future of golf and elite sport

Phil Mickelson lines up a shot on the 18th hole during the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J. in July 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

In June 2022, Greg Norman, a former world No. 1 golfer, became the public face of LIV Golf — a tour backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) that pledged to “holistically improve the health of professional golf on a global scale.”

The fact that such an accomplished professional chose to represent the tour was an early indicator of the reach and prominence it would soon have across the sport.

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