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we wanted to do that with the pga tour. if i were the head of the pga tour, i would look at what the players are looking for. basically the fans. we did over a year research around the world of fans. and it overwhelmingly came back to fans wanted individual golf and team golf. going beyond that, understanding what the franchise model and the possibility of building out tran clies values has never been done before in golf. the upside is enormous. and for the pga tour if if we can coexist. brian: would you pick up the phone and talk to the head of the pga tour? >> i reached out to him by phone and left messages. unfortunately we haven't. i am disappointed. i would say support the players. their mission is to promote the common interests of the tournament professional golfer. that's under their 501-p6. they are independent contractors, they have he right to do that. brian: i want to do some research on the audi arabian investment fund. they invested in new castle, uber, facebook, anybody 10 dough, boeing. 10 -- nintendo. but i

tour and the _ is now a divide between the pga tour and the uv _ is now a divide between the pga tour even _ and the liv series events more than even and _ and the liv series events more than ever. and the line has been draw and you need _ ever. and the line has been draw and you need to decide what team you were _ you need to decide what team you were on — you need to decide what team you were on. . , ., ., ., ., were on. lee westwood and ian poulter are _ were on. lee westwood and ian poulter are among _ were on. lee westwood and ian poulter are among the - were on. lee westwood and ian poulter are among the british i poulter are among the british players to be suspended, met with neither side appearing to back down, the power struggle around the future of golf looks set to ramble on for some time to comment. our golf correspondent iain carterjoins us live from the centurion club. iain, a shotgun start and shots fired from across the atlantic. the response from the us pga was swift, but probablyjust what greg norman and this liv series wanted. i think that as you heard there in that

have we had any reaction from the pga tour?courts somewhere down the line. may end up in the courts somewhere down the line-— down the line. yeah, i think litigation — down the line. yeah, i think litigation at _ down the line. yeah, i think litigation at this _ down the line. yeah, i think litigation at this stage - down the line. yeah, i think. litigation at this stage certainly look like it's inevitable, i think the pga tour are very much of a mind to keep their counsel. no one has resigned as it stands as the moment. we know about the resignation from the pga tour. we haven't heard anything official from either the pga tour. we haven't heard anything officialfrom either of anything official from either of those anything officialfrom either of those bodies. anything official from either of those bodies.— anything official from either of those bodies. iain, finally, am i riaht in those bodies. iain, finally, am i right in saying _ those bodies. iain, finally, am i right in saying that _ those bodies. iain, finally, am i right

as soon as they did the pga tour releasing their statement suspending the 17 pga tour players indefinitely. the commissioner saying, quote, these players have made their choice for their own financial-based reasons but they can't demand the same pga tour membership benefits, considerations, opportunities and platform as you. that expectation disrespects you, our fans and our sponsors. unquote. liv golf called the move vindictive. mickelson, johnson and others are still eligible to play in the u.s. open next week, though, brianna, because golf's four majors are organized independently of the pga tour. so it should be interesting to see some of those players perhaps rejoin with some of their pga tour colleagues. >> yeah. but that will be tense, won't it? >> yes, indeed. >> "new day" continues right now. ♪ >>> good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is friday, june 10th. i'm brianna keilar with john berman. >>> donald trump lit the flame with his election lies culminating in the deadly violence during an attempted coup at the u.s. capitol, that was the case made by t

if they want to look at that as a prison why did the pga tour have 23 sponsors within the pga tour doing+billion dollars worth of business with saudi arabia? why is it okay for the sponsors ? why y is it okay that the saudi sponsor in the largest sponsor of women's golf in the world, why is it not okay for these players. will jay moynahan go to each and every one of those ceos from the 23 companies that are investing into saudi arabia and banned them. the hypocrisy inall this is so loud it stephanie . and really we're not going anywhere. we want to do what's right for serving the fans for the players and for our commercial business model we're going to forge forward and there's been a lot of obstacles brian, no question about it . a lot of obstacles but you know, we've worked around it because golf is a force for good. >> you can get points for playingin your league. that will be a problem and if the usda says greg , appreciate what you did but if you play for greg's leave you can't play in the majors. would that destroy this? >> it would not wedestroy it. nwhere applying for ow gr point

he was one of those who quit the pga tour before playing here to avoid legal action.ay in my opinion, jake. >> alex thomas, thanks so much, appreciate it. >>> in our pop culture lead, a tribute from someone who dabbled in cartoons to a true professional, an icon globally in the field. he the legendary artist passed away last night at the age of 90. he published his first book of cartoons at just the age of 20. he was nominated for a nobel peace prize. may his memory be a blessing. >>> coming up, how some of the biggest names in the business are trying to influence gun negotiations in congress. stay with us. t-mobile covers more highway mimiles with 5g than verizon. t-mobile has more 5g barss in more places than anyone. another reason t-mobile is the leader in 5g. we need to reduce plastic waste in the environment. that's why at america's beverage companies, our bottles are made to be re-made. not all plastic is the same. we're carefully designing our bottles to be 100% recyclable, including the caps. they're collected and separated from other plastics, so they can be

the pga tour has been the pga tour for years. >> yeah. >> nothing like this. >> and a lot of major tournament>> major winners, yes. >> dom chu, thanks very much thank you for watching "power lunch. >> great to be here with you "closing bell" starts now. >>> thank you, seema and tyler we've got red across the board as investors await tomorrow's crucial cpi inflation report nasdaq is down more than 1.4%. we're near session lows. the most important hour of trading starts now welcome, everyone, to "closing bell." i'm sara eisen take a look at where we stand isn't the market the s&p is off a little more than 1%. you've got every sector in the red. consumer staples are holding up the best communication services down 1.5% along with financials, technology and materials the nasdaq as

and major champions have been suspended by the pga tool. that's also a break ranks to play in a rival series by, by saudi arabia. david stone supports a new era in gulf has begun, and it shaken the game to its core just half an hour after the 1st ever t shirts in the live series, the pga tour suspended all 17 of its members. that had taken part against its wishes. although 10 of those players had already resigned before taking off, it doesn't bother me. i'm. i'm very happy where i am. i resign a week and a half ago. so whatever the pigeon to says doesn't, doesn't now doesn't go with me because because i'm not a member, i didn't want to resign. i love the pga tour. it's been great to me. i. this is not a bite. this is not a by the pga tours about sorta says about wanting to be able to add on additional opportunities to to my golf career live golf organizes say the pga is being vindictive and only deepening the divide with its players in pulse her is not resigned. and says he'll appeal is suspension as he believes he's done nothing wrong. so

and what has happened the last few weeks, 17 pga tour players have now been suspended at the pga tourave decided to play in the liv golf series. it started in london, ending today, and there will be tournaments around the united states, and there are several others. it is almost an exhibition. it is not leading to anything. it has a team competition and it is different than what we are used to. but with all of that saudi money , they are making quite a splash and the controversy as you described because of the connection with the murder of jamal khashoggi and many other transgressions and terrible things they have done, it is gaining all of the attention that these golfers, many of them americans, including phil mickelson and others, decided to be in business with the saudis. john: is money the main motivation? christine: absolutely. it is certainly not the quality of the competition because they are leaving the great competition. they are leaving the pga tour, the best players in the world, and going on their own. it's almost like retirement. they play and there is no consequences if

members were declared out of bounds by commissioner jay monahan in a letter to the pga tour.rs have made their choice for their own financial-based reasons, but they can't demand the same pga tour membership benefits, considerations, opportunities, and platform as you. mickelson has refused to deny reports he cut a deal for $200 million, but has defended his decision to take part. >> i understand that many people have very strong opinions and may disagree with my decision. >> reporter: add to the backlash that's being bank rolled by a saudi regime and a p.r. campaign to distract from a history of human rights abuses. >> there are many who see this as sports washing. >> reporter: but with more big names lured by mazive multi-million-dollar paychecks, the breakaway tour has already driven a wedge through the pga. charlie d'agata, cbs news, st. albans, england. >> o'donnell: and coming up next, students are starting the day with family, friends and, yes, exercise. why the walking school bus -- that's right -- is growing in popularity. if you have type 2 diabetes or high blood pr

i think there's the as far as the pga tour is concerned, we might see some tweaking. we might see a rib revision of the way that money is distributed. but as far as the majors are concerned, they are huge. still huge draws both in terms of matched a ticket, sales, commercial environment, and broadcasting rights. so i don't anticipate any significant changes as far as victories concerned. there might be some pressure on the tool to individual players to, to try to maintain the relationship and not to separate the ties by care. mcguire, thank you very much for your insights and out to some of the other global business stories making news pictures forum north korean state broadcasts are k r t show families getting medicines after an outbreak of an ident. uninventive, fide intestinal illness epidemic was on top of the coven. 19 crisis, also affecting the country. south korea believes it's a color, a typhoid outbreak in north korea's ki agricultural region condoms, fear it could worse and the chronic food shortage in the country. the water organization has agreed the 1st c

. >>> the pga tour suspending 17 players, including phil mickelson playing in another league backed by saudi money. >>> and meet the dog in a different breed of competition. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. le comes back to life in a prime time congressional hearing. the house january 6 select committee promising new evidence, including audio and video, all aimed at demonstrating donald trump was at the center of a coordinated multi step effort to overturn results of the 2020 election, and stop transfer of power to joe biden. tonight's hearing scheduled to be carried by this and many other tv networks, one in a series of hearings planned as the majority democrat committee tries to refocus the narrative of the january 6 attack and its implications. garrett haake is on capitol hill with the preview. >> reporter: the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol under a prime time spotlight tonight as the january 6 committee begins to present its case. with an injured capitol police officer testifying tonight and embedded filmmaker expected to present this

suspended by the pga tour over controversial saudi backed golf tournament.d players be punished for accepting the money? we take that up next. gerry: follow the money they say that is exactly but a handful of elite golfers like phil mickelson, sergio garcia and others do this week. they resign from the pga tour to join the saudi back invitational series that teed up in london on tuesday but reportedly pitting paying hundreds of millions of dollars. post call must the critical of the move is saying not control these players taking dirty money from the saudi's it's totally understandable but how's that money any different from that muddied the pga tour lpga ndp world tours and their players have been taken from china for years question what they've all been in business with that country which is a horrible human rights track record. pga tour suspended all golfers participating stop at the store panel per josh it's a huge amount of money these golfers are being offered. you call it dirty money if you would like for that's a lot of dirty money around the world.

this is a big deal between the pga battle pga tour and liv golf some resigned from the pga tour to playright? >> well, you hit the nail on the head with one word, money. it's all about money. they're offering purses and guarantees that is enormous that the pga does not offer and these guys are taking the money and they're looking the other way with all of the human rights violations and where the money is coming from. so, it's a $25 million weekly purse. okay in the minimum guy gets $125,000. there is no cut. so they're guaranteed that to show up. plus these guarantees that johnson and mick and the others are procuring is all about the money, bret. >> bret: yeah. is it a threat like an existential threat to the pga and what about this suspension? what do you think how long that goes? >> well, i'm sure it will be challenged in court and there will be some antitrust challenge here probably very soon because these guys are independent contractors and they theoretically earn their way into these slots and they have won their card. so, it's going to be a long protracted battle and we are jus

i love the pga tour. it's been grates me. i this is not a bite. this is not about the pga tours about sorta says about wanting to be able to add on additional opportunities to to my golf career live golf, organize the say the p j is being vindictive and only deepening the divide with its players impulse her is not resigned and says he'll appeal his suspension as he believes he's done nothing wrong. phil mickelson is another place. standing his ground, the 6 time major champion says the pga punishment change is nothing. i am going to play all the of the live in that. so to answer your question, i'm, i'm going to play the 8 this year. i'm going to play to 10 next year. i can tell you, ha, ha, ha, ha. oh, the pga clearly view the brake way live series is a threat. hence the strong reaction. it's an 8 tournament competition backed by saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund. despite being seen by many as a vehicle for saudi to sports wash, it's human rights record. the series presents a lucrative opportunity players with more than $255000000.00 of prize m

. >>> and tonight, the pga tour suspending 17 current and for er golfers. the major names suspended and why. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. that deadly workplace shooting about 90 minutes outside washington, d.c. in smithsburg, maryland, pierre thomas standing by on that tonight. but we are going to begin tonight with the prime time hearing, 8:00 p.m. right here, the first hearing before the country tonight, the results of the january 6th investigation. the house committee investigating for nearly a year now and to the planning, the events that led up to that day. who knew what and when, including former president trump. and members of the former president's inner circle. the interviews, the depositions involved ivanka trump and jared kushner. and the never before seen video of the filmmaker caught in the middle of it all. what he tells our jon karl tonight about the violence he witnessed. ofcourse, the nation and the world already witnessed what played out on january 6th. the day that began with that rally wit

i grew up being on the pga tour— soon. i grew up being on the pga tour and — soon.did not— tour and playing in these events, i did not grow up dreaming of playing inthe— did not grow up dreaming of playing in the centurion club in london, i grew— in the centurion club in london, i grew up— in the centurion club in london, i grew up wanting to play the masters, to play— grew up wanting to play the masters, to play in_ grew up wanting to play the masters, to play in austin. i would not trade those _ to play in austin. i would not trade those memories for anything at this moment— those memories for anything at this moment in— those memories for anything at this moment in time. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport as you've been hearing, borisjohnson is in rwanda for the commonwealth heads of government conference. just after he arrived in kigali, mrjohnson had this to say on the uk policy of sending migrants to rwanda. rwanda has undergone absolute transformation in the last couple of deca

the pga tour has suspended all 17 of its members who are playing in this week's rival — saudi backedmong the group to play the golf invitation in the event that aims to change the landscape of professional golf. change the landscape of professional golf. as some of the world's best golfers descendent on centurion club, the fallout from their disipation in the new liv series has deepened. on thursday, the pga tour made their move and announced a suspension on all players taking part in the new lucrative event. in a statement, they said. they will still be able to produce a pay in golf�*s major events, but some in the game think severe punishment of the only way forward to protect the integrity of the sport. we are now in a position where this is about power, and i think most tour pros at this point i don't think it's an exaggeration to say potentially fighting for survival. this is very different to anything we've ever experienced as a tour, and so i would say they have no choice but to act with as much my ——mite as they feel they need to. the former world number one dustinjohnson, wh

pga sent out a statement last month in may, players cannot simultaneously play on pga tour, or saudil be direct suspension, what happens with sponsor implications. mickelson saw a lot of sponsors jump ship. kpmg, work day, a variety of others. not because of his current willingness to work with the saudis because of the direct conflict it had with the pga tour. tiger is in somewhat of a class of his own. at the end of the day cliche as it may seem, honey talks. the saudis are prepared to put money where their mouth is. neil: these players, mickelson and others are they obligated only to play with the saudi venture? if the pga told them you're not welcome here as long as you do? >> it is interesting. dustin johnson resigned membership from the pga. won't play on the tour. johnson and mickelson intend to play the majors in addition to the seven stops on this saudi backed tour. i think what a lot of fans, neil, are having trouble with is people taking the moral high ground with this the pga has a long-standing relationship with china, has no qualms about its purported human rights misgi

an alternative to the big pga tournament with big cash prizes.ut for the wrong reasons. this morning, the pga tour taking a swing at some of golf's biggest names for cashing in at the controversial saudi-backed liv tournament. just after teeing off outside london thursday the pga announcing it was suspending 17 players, including phil mickelson, sergio garcia and dustin johnson for participating in the liv tournament. pga tour commissioner writing, these players have made their choice for their own financial-based reasons. liv golf is funded by saudi arabia and has much bigger prizes than the pga. with $4 million going to the winner for each liv event. it's also reportedly offering megadeals to cross over. $200 million to mickelson. $150 million to two-time major winner dustin johnson. >> i like to do a lot of other things beside golf, and i think this gives me an opportunity to spend more time with my family. >> reporter: but that money is marred in controversy, saudi arabia accused of widespread human rights abuse and its crown prince accused o

they're the pga of come out saying that they're banning all the turn co golf was going over to play in the live tournaments. one of the gulf is from the p j just in thomas who won the championship p j championship. before he said that tradition, integrity is far more important to him and he would never go and play in it's warm and like that. so it's not been the easiest of starts, especially coupled with a sports washing allegations as well. okay, well picking up on that p j line, what does this mean for them on this be a big competitor for them? it sounds like it will be, well, absolutely. we only have to look at the numbers, for instance, $255000000.00 is being offered as the i live just about $25000000.00 per event for the winners of the of the golf competitor. 50000000 from the p g. it's a massive difference. now couple that with stories about phil mickelson, one of the legend because he's being offered $200000000.00 just to leave the pga guy play in the live events. just going to show you the money being thrown around and can they compete? we'll have to wait and see. so the losing

they're the pga of come out saying that they're banning all the turn coat golf was going over to play in the live tournaments. one of the gulf is from the p j just in thomas. he won the championship p j championship before he said that tradition, integrity is far more important to him and he would never go and play in it's warm and like that. so it's not been the easiest of starts, especially coupled with sports washing allegations as well. okay. well picking up on that p j line, what does this mean for them on this be a big competitor for them? it sounds like it will be. well, absolutely. we only have to look at the numbers. for instance, $255000000.00 is being offered as the post by live for about $25000000.00 per event for the winners of the of the gulf. compare that 50000000 from the p g. s . is a massive difference. now couple that with stories about phil mickelson, one of the legend because being of the $200000000.00 just to leave the pga guy play in the live events. just going to show you the money being thrown around and can they compete? we'll have to wait and see. so the los

the pga suspended members taking part in the new tournament. and there are uncomfortable questions about salty mode. it is the kingdom using golf to sports wash. it's dirty record on human rights. i'm burned. gov and berlin. this is the day ah, where the schools people play, you know, you can always see the tray back to the money sort of thing that my age is receiving. those take it obviously, this time a seal is hard to speak on what the consequences will be that we try to cheer. you know, you political situations, every country in the world that we play golf and we wouldn't play golf. i don't condone human rights violations at all. i'm certainly aware of what has happened, what you all could show he in it's i think it's terrible. you know, i come to love to play health and that is my job at the end of the day. also coming up in the us, the gun control bill that struggled to make it through the house and is now likely to get stuck in the senate democrats or calling republicans to do it for the children are children are as president. kennedy sa

the pga tour has long considered itself a meritocracy.ated. i think this will force them to ask some questions. i'm not really sure what they'll do, but you know, wouldn't surprise me if some things change. >> it is a really interesting story and my apologies for the ambulance behind me. it will pass in a second. there it goes. >> just as long as you're not going to bring up any 28-year-old video of me. that's okay. >> no, i will not. i promise. wouldn't imagine you did anything terrible 28 years ago. thank you so much. you can hear all the updates from your favorite hosts with tune in. scan the qr code. get to your screen fast. scan it right now. it's not even on the screen. before we go, quick programming note. more special coverage of the first january 6th hearing tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern, i will be joined by andrea mitchell and hallie jackson. we're going to do it together. at 3:00, hallie jackson will pick up our coverage, next. cksol pick up our coverage, next moving his money into his investment account in real time a

some bigtime golfers have defected from the pga to join, and now the pga suspended 17 members.de of all of this. what does it mean to you? what are your thoughts about it? >> well, first of all, the pga does not have a divine right to dominate golf. and history's repleat with all sorts of sports who competed against other leagues. we have the nba, we've got the afl that became the nfl, so the liv tour has every right to go ahead, and for fans who want to see more golf, it's a godsend. on the other hand, you have the fact that this is the public investment fund of saudi arabia, and and croup prince mohamed bin salmon -- crown prince was implicated in the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. so this is the way that new weeks start. they have, obviously, unlimited funds. they have been alleged to have given tiger woods an offer somewhere between $700 million and a billion dollars. of course, tiger woods already is a billionaire. and the pga stuck if by him -- charles: right. >> this is fairly punitive to these 17 golfers. and i think at the end of the day, the pga ought to be the

play in it, and pay with a suspension from the pga tour.un start at the club outside london, pga tour commissioner sent out a scathing memo banning the players who jumped ship whether or not they resigned their tour membership in advance. a barely concealed fury radiating from almost every line of the two page, nine paragraph letter. addressing only the current members the players who decided not to take saudi money. almost a movie style you are dead to me vibe aimed at the break away players. >> focus on the golf. >> yes. >> where they want to. >> that's one of the reasons we signed. i didn't want to get into a legal battle. it would be nice for everyone to get along. unfortunately, some don't want to. and we live with that. >> so anything regarding pga tour matters and i put that in there, i'm not ready to discuss publicly at this time. >> i'm very flattered so many people are interested. >> the memo emphasized the importance of the pga tour long established history and prestige and derided the rival's focus on money. the response was swi

but i want to stick it to the pga.n off on this because they are just not talking about it. it reminds me of the national anthem situation in the nfl, where colin kaepernick clearly articulated why he wasn't standing for the national anthem. lots of other guys didn't stand and then never said anything for it. and they get commercials, right? >> right, right. >> it just the one person domino to say the quiet part out loud. >> speaking of the nfl, let's talk about jack del rio. jack del rio, defensive coordinator for the commanders, the washington commanders, he is getting fined 100 grand now because he calls the insurrection against our capitol a dustup. harry dunn, last night, we had him on msnbc as part of our coverage of the january 6th hearings. he went at him. what do you make of the fact that he is getting fined? is that enough? >> i am reluctant to say that he should have been fired for that. because i feel like i am saying, you should fire him because i didn't like what he said. that makes me uncomfortable. -- w

dustin johnson earlier this year said he was committed to playing on the pga tour. to play in these events now what they said is as communicated to our entire membership on may 10, the pga tour members have not been authorized to participate in the saudi golf league's london event. under pga tour tournament, they are subject to disciplinary action read into that what you will dustin johnson and fellow liv golf participant graeme mcdowell were sponsored by rbc. by competing in next week's event both will skip rbc's flagship canadian open rbc not too pleased. it ended its sponsorship of both athletes in the wake of this the money is big each event on the liv golf circuit has a $25 million purse up for grabs and reports are that some participants have agreed to large sums of guaranteed money just to be part of this liv golf series. for perspective, dustin johnson's whole career, he has $5 million in prize money last year, and an estimated $74 million in lifetime earnings some reports say dustin johnson himself received a low nine figure guaranteed payment to bolt from

the pga followed through with a memo to its members. the tor commissioner informing players that anyone playing in the live event without releases is suspended and ineligible to compete in pga sanctioned competition. live golf slammed this move as being victim and divisive. it's unclear just how long the suspensions will last and it's now possible. the dispute could be headed for the courts. the 17 players banned by the pga to day have certainly been aware of the jeopardy, but many clearly think it's worth it to play in the richest tournament in golf history. ah, the u. s. house of representatives has passed a raft of gun control measures in response to recent mass shootings in buffalo, new york. and you've all the texas. the bill would raise the minimum age for buying certain weapons from $18.00 to $21.00. and it would band the sale of high capacity ammunition magazines. the vote came after lawmakers or heard testimony from recent shooting victims and family members, which we covered here yesterday. one of them, and 11 year old girl wh

it's also reshaping the pga tour as we know it. major champions in all among the 17 tour players taking part in the inaugural 48-player live golf event this weekend outside of london. the pga tour suspended those players indefinitely, saying they've disrespected other players, fans, and partners, having made their choice for financial-based reasons. the live golf series is bankrolled by the financial arm of the saudi government. phil mickelson himself called the usdthem scary and said they killed jamal khashoggi and have a human rights record. this is an opportunity to reshape way the tour operates. examples, dustin johnson played in 21 games last season making $5 million in prize money. with eight live golf events he's getting more than $100 million to play in the series. mickelson in three decades as a pro has made about $94 million in prize money, but he, too, is reportedly getting a nine-figure payout. unlike the pga tour, everyone who plays at a live golf event is guaranteed money. even last place this weekend wins more than $

from the saudi's it's totally understandable but how's that money any different from that muddied the pgaers have been taken from china for years question what they've all been in business with that country which is a horrible human rights track record. pga tour suspended all golfers participating stop at the store panel per josh it's a huge amount of money these golfers are being offered. you call it dirty money if you would like for that's a lot of dirty money around the world. why is this any different from what so many other sports and athletes are doing? >> it isn't but i have a problem with all these sports leagues getting in bed with totalitarian or regimes with sketchy human rights records. we saw at the nba when they have so much money in china and how the former rockets general manager criticizing their human rights record china lashed out and cut off the funds but you saw the brittney griner the wnba player playing and making a lot of money and russia now being held and detained in russia and it is a very, very delicate and stiff sticky situation. i am troubled by all of the am

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he's sticking with the pga tour in north america but says the fracturing of the game is not good.g where and what tournament's on this week and, "oh, he plays there, 0k, and he doesn't get into these events", itjust become so confusing, and i think everything needs to try to become more cohesive. and i think it was on a pretty good trajectory until this happened. to football now. and in the nations league, wales fell to a 2—1 defeat to the netherlands, days after qualifying for the world cup for the first time in 64 years. teun koopmeiners gave former manchester united manager louis van gaal�*s side the lead five minutes after the break. rhys norrington—davies headed home in injury time to give wales hope, but an instant response from wout weghorst handed them their first home defeat since november 2018. scotland recovered from their loss to ukraine in the world cup play—offs. they beat armenia 2—0. anthony ralston got the first, before scott mckenna doubled that lead ten minutes later. and after that agonising defeat to wales in the world cup play—off, ukraine beat ireland 1—0 in

players including dustin johnson have voluntarily resigned their membership to the pga tour, after pgaf disciplinary action. >> i chose what's best for me and my family. >> after joining liv, johnson was dropped by a do sponsor, the royal bank of canada >> very important to see hot the fans say do they actually go to the tournaments? do they watch on whatever streaming they're able to? >> in february, when asked about the potential for a saudi league, phil mickelson reportedly called the saudis scary mother expletives to get involved with. >> i'm sorry for that, and for the hurt it's caused a lot of people >> four months later, he's preparing to tee off >> i don't condone human rights violations at all. >> mickelson is being accused of helping the saudis with sports washing. when a government works to rebuild a reputation with the help of famous athletes. >> in the game of golf i have seen unify and bring people together >> players across the league are facing similar questions >> if saudi arabia wanted to use the game of golf as a way for them to get to where they want to be and they

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is it more the pga is concerned that money indeed does talk?ver all of golf and not be in cooperation with in harmony with the pga. they're trying to wipe them out. they have billions and billions of dollars and the ability to do it. none of this, you're in business, none of this will create any kind of a return. it is just going to upend golf as we know it. what this has done pitted players against players. they have taken a number of named players. they have taken i believe now three of the top 20 but nobody in the top 10. and the pga tour has been an institution. the records matter. the history matters. if you go from the lineage from bobby jones, ben hogan, jack nicklaus, tiger woods, so forth. that is what these guys have been playing for. they have created millions and millions of dollars for themselves and tremendous charitable work. so the saudi league right now isn't any of that. it is just money. neil: in the end that is what is talking, right? >> well, yeah. i mean you know. you talk about china. you talk about saudi arabia. yes, the

with pga tour suspended 17 golfers were playing in a controversial saudi backed l. i. v series at teed off in the u. k. on thursday. burkins in puerto says he will appeal the suspension or a burden. money has more 6 time major winner phil mickelson swings into action. little keith, one of the biggest names to join the new live golf tour on that. but with saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund backing the series, the competition has been overshadowed by politics. if there's a scope not long after the players teed up, the pga tour announced it was the spending mckesson and 16 of the gulf foot pga tour. commissioner j monahan. sadness statement, their participation in the live gulf event is in violation of the tournament regulations. i've also worked really hard to contribute and try to build and add value to the tour during my time there. and i worked really hard to earn a lifetime exemption and i'm i, i, i don't want to give that up. i don't believe i should have to. reality is accused of grave human rights violations, including the murder of john. this is jamarcus shock.