In a sweeping, 21-point letter sent to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) became the most-recent lawmaker to challenge the circuit’s recently-announced agreement with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.
The letter, which was sent Thursday, requests more details of the deal that will create a new, for-profit entity between the Tour, the PIF, LIV Golf and the DP World Tour, including who will have ownership shares of the new company and any other provisions of the “framework” agreement.
“The PGA Tour’s involvement with PIF raises significant questions about whether organizations that tie themselves to an authoritarian regime that has continually undermined the rule of law should continue to enjoy tax-exempt status in the United States,” Wyden wrote.