Augusta National and U.S.G.A. Drawn Into Justice Department Antitrust Inquiry

Augusta National Golf Club is being looked at as part of a Department of Justice antitrust probe.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesDORAL, Fla. — The Justice Department’s antitrust inquiry into men’s professional golf — a sport splintered this year by the emergence of a lucrative circuit financed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — has in recent months come to include the organizers of some of the most hallowed and influential tournaments in the world, according to people familiar with the matter.

The United States Golf Association, which administers the U.S. Open, acknowledged on Wednesday that the Justice Department had contacted it in connection with an investigation. Augusta…