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LIV Golf seeks 'long-term financial partners' as Saudi Arabia's PIF confirms exit
LIV Golf plans to continue without the financial backing of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, touting "100% year over year" financial growth in 2026. ,The Public Investment Fund (PIF) formally announced it would end financial support of LIV Golf at the end of the 2026 season.,"PIF has made the ...

LIV CEO claims 'business as usual' amid reports of demise
LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil admitted the nascent golf league's finances are "managed very tightly" and said structural changes are on the way, but he remained adamant Thursday that the league will not fold.,O'Neil was interviewed by LIV employees on the TV broadcast of the first round of LIV Golf Mexi...

Saudi Arabia to host ATP Masters 1000 tourney as soon as '28
Saudi Arabia will host a new ATP Masters 1000 tournament as soon as 2028.,SURJ, the sports division of the kingdom's Public Investment Fund, and the ATP Tour announced the news Thursday.,The non-mandatory one-week event will feature a 56-player draw and is likely to join the calendar for February, w...

PIF, Jared Kushner’s firm lead $55B buyout of Electronic Arts
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners and Silver Lake agreed to a $55 billion takeover of videogame maker Electronic Arts on Monday.,Should the sale go through, it would be the largest leveraged buyout ever, according to multiple media reports.,EA is the company be...

$2M on line at Aramco Houston Championship
Twenty-six teams and 104 players will compete for a $2 million prize pool at the Aramco Houston Championship that begins Friday at the Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas.,The three-day tournament is the fourth of five events in this year's PIF Global Series, which rebranded from the Aramco Te...

PIF partners with FIFA for 2025 Club World Cup
A week before the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup begins, Saudi Arbia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed on as an official partner of the month-long tournament that takes place at stadiums across the United States.,PIF, the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, makes this move partially in preparati...

PIF commits $13M to LET tournament series
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has made a major financial commitment to the Ladies European Tour (LET) in becoming the title sponsor of five women's golf events.,The events formerly known as the Aramco Team Series have been rebranded as the PIF Global Series and will take place in five ...

PIF makes $13M investment in Ladies European Tour
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has made a major investment in the Ladies European Tour (LET) to become the title sponsor of five women's golf events.,The events formerly known as the Aramco Team Series have been rebranded as the PIF Global Series and will take place in five countries ac...

Report: PIF's LIV Golf investment nearing $5 billion
LIV Golf's investors are reaching into their pockets again for funding, with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund nearing $5 billion in spending on the three-year-old league.,LIV Golf Investments, the parent company for worldwide LIV Golf operations, has increased its authorized share capital twice...

Senate subcommittee: PIF only negotiated with PGA to avoid discovery
A report by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations accused the Saudi Public Investment Fund of entering negotiations with the PGA Tour only due to the threat of discovery in their antitrust lawsuit.,The report, released Friday, outlined the subcommittee's findings from an inquiry i...

Report: PGA Tour rejects $1.5B offer from Saudi investment fund
It doesn't look like the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will be settling their differences any time soon.,ESPN sources confirmed that the PGA Tour has rejected the PIF's recent offer to invest $1.5 billion into PGA Tour Enterprises. The investment offer came with the provision th...

Webb Simpson: LIV’s team concept ‘hard to get your mind around’
If a deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund is to be finalized after close to two years of deliberation, one of the major questions that must be solved is the fate of LIV Golf.,The PIF and its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, established its footing in the professional golf world...
