The inner world of LIV Golf Piecing together Saudibacked tours power structure

AUGUSTA – LIV Golf has cleaved men’s professional golf like no other force since the 1960s. The new league, largely owned and bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, created a crisis for the PGA Tour, which has scrambled to reinvent its economic model as it has watched some of its biggest stars switch circuits. But LIV has also been a target of fierce criticism, skepticism and litigation. Although much about the circuit’s operations remains unclear – many documents that would reveal details are under court seal – some information about its structure and its operations has emerged in legal…