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• Saudi plan for breakaway golf tour rumbles on despite football backlash

  04-05-2021 14:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Tens of millions on offer, with players as tour part-ownersSeptember 2022 launch mooted with 12-18 events per yearLess than a fortnight after the collapse of the European Super League it has gone unnoticed that a similar disruption plan remains in play in another sport, with a breakaway tour in golf being funded and proposed by Saudi Arabia. And it has not faded into the background; far from it, in fact.Having started out as the Premier Golf League – the project may actually now have been
  
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• Golfers warned signing for breakaway tour will lead to PGA Tour ban

  04-05-2021 14:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Players told immediate tour suspension will be enforced September 2022 launch mooted with 12-18 events per yearThe world’s best golfers have been warned they will incur immediate suspension and most likely a career ban from the PGA Tour if they agree to join a breakaway regime being proposed by Saudi Arabia.Jay Monahan, the commissioner of the PGA Tour, laid out his position in stark terms during a scheduled meeting with players at Quail Hollow on Tuesday afternoon. It is understood the Eu
  
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