Former PGA golfer Brandel ChambleeNow an analyst is a distinct critic of Liv Golf.
Chamblee once said that the Saudi was supported competition “financed by a murderous regime“And said that the” greedy “players who participated in the Tour” helped to help a dictoral murderer’s reputation money laundering. “
In June 2023, the two Pro Golf Tours shocked the world when it was announced that they would work together to improve the game.
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Brandel Chamblee on the set of the golf channel during the second day of play on the Presidents Cup October 4, 2013 in Dublin, Ohio. (Scott Halleran/Getty images)
Discussions are still ongoing, but PGA commissioner Jayu Monahan recently said that the Tour President Donald Trump asked “to get involved in the well -being of the game, the well -being of the country and for all countries involved. ”
Liv has played on various Trump courses.
“We are grateful that his leadership has brought us closer to a final deal and released the road for reunification of professional wave of men,” Monahan said this week in a statement.
Chamblee said he had the chance to play golf with Trump last year, and the two discussed LIV and how it could be favorable for the golf game.
“He was so big about our differences. At one point he said,” Look, I know you and I differ from this opinion, but hear me. ” He said: “(Liv Golf President) Yasir (Al-RaMaYyan) Loves golf more than you and more than me.” That is hard to believe because President Trump plays a lot of Golf, and I love it.
Yasir al-Rahalyyan during the Pro-AM prior to the Liv Golf Invitational-Chicago on Rich Harvest Farms 15 September 2022, in Sugar Grove, Ill. (Jonathan Ferrey/Liv Golf via Getty Images)
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“They have $ 32 trillion of oil under that sand, and they really have to diversify their economy. He said they are all working on this, and they go nowhere. As the round progressed, he would like to talk almost every hole over Liv , about Saudi involvement and how excited he was. “
Chamblee said he has grown since ‘understand why we have set and need Saudi Arabia as a partner in the middle and needed’, adding his own issues about human rights problems and about how golf would at some point would must apologize for a problem. “
Chamblee added that he did not quite agree with Trump, but the president made convincing arguments “(late) think of Yasir as a partner in the golf game.”
Donald Trump plays Golf for the Liv Golf Invitational Series Tournament in Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, NJ, August 9, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty images)
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Golf star Rory Mcilroy said in November that he believed that Trump will be president for the second time “The road free” For a deal between the PGA and Liv.
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