Leading figures summoned to Senate hearing over shock PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman have been asked to appear at a Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations meeting on July 11.

The main figures in the merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have been asked to attend a United States Senate hearing (Kieran Cleeves/PA)

The leading figures in the controversial partnership between Saudi Arabia and the PGA Tour have been summoned to attend a United States Senate hearing next month.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman have been asked to appear at a Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations meeting on July 11 to examine the Tour’s shock unification with LIV Golf.