Sen. Blumenthal against requests Yasir Al-Rumayyan to testify before subcommittee

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has doubled down on his quest for more details about the framework agreement announced last month between the PGA Tour, Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and the DP World Tour.

On Thursday, Blumenthal sent a letter to PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan requesting he testify before the permanent subcommittee on investigations. Al-Rumayyan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman had been requested to testify before the committee in a hearing held July 11 but both cited “scheduling conflicts” for why they couldn’t attend.

Instead, the Tour’s chief operating officer Ron Price and policy board member Jimmy Dunne, who brokered the framework agreement with the PIF, testified…