1225: The Oral History of LIV Golf Part 1: Origins - 2021

We’ve combed through the archives and compiled pages upon pages of notes to tell the story of LIV golf over the next few weeks. In today’s opening episode, we start with the beginnings of what would eventually become the PIF-funded LIV golf tour through the preparations for the league’s first tournament.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro & Early Saudi Sportswashing

20:00 - Original PGL Team Golf Idea

30:00 - Phil plays first Saudi event

50:00 - our initial thoughts on PGL concept

57:30 - Initial PGL offers to players, Euro Tour partners with PGA Tour

1:01:30 - Jan ‘21 - PGA Championship pulled from Trump Bedminster

1:05:45 - PGA Tour unveils the PIP

1:11:00 - Summer ‘21 - LIV begins to emerge

1:28:00 - Norman announced as LIV Golf League CEO

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