The European Tour and players who are participating in this week's inaugural Saudi International golf tournament have received criticism in the wake of the decision to go ahead with the event despite the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall.
The Washington Post writer, who was living in the United States at the time, was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last September, Turkish officials said.
The event, announced last year, was considered controversial even prior to the murder because of Saudi Arabia's reported human rights abuses.
"I'm not a politician, I'm a pro golfer,'' said No.