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To: PGA Tour Policy Board

PGA Tour: Don't Merge with Saudi Arabia's Dictator Golf League.

The PGA Tour must not merge with the dictator golf leagues funded by the oil monarchies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Saudi Arabia's "LIV" golf league and UAE's "DP World Tour" golf league are funded with each monarchy's dictator dollars. Both dictatorships are using their golf leagues to sportswash their brutal human rights records and buy international legitimacy.

The PGA Tour Policy Board must vote "no" and reject the proposal to merge the PGA Tour with the dictator golf leagues of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Why is this important?

The brutal monarchies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates use their oil wealth to distract the world and sportswash their crimes:

- Blockading, bombing, and starving thousands in Yemen.
- Murdering Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
- Jailing and torturing peaceful activists, including women’s rights activists.
- Driving the climate crisis by exporting fossil fuels.

The ten members of the PGA Tour policy board must reject the dictator cash of the rulers of Saudi Arabia and UAE. The PGA Tour must say no to the proposal to merge PGA Tour with the golf leagues of Saudi Arabia ("LIV") and the UAE ("DP World Tour").

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Updates

2023-08-03 19:03:43 -0400

20,000 signatures reached

2023-07-12 18:08:09 -0400

10,000 signatures reached

2023-06-27 16:00:15 -0400

5,000 signatures reached

2023-06-16 15:45:54 -0400

US Senate and House Banking and Finance committee Democrats are raising concerns about the PGA Tour proposed merger:

https://democrats-financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410564

2023-06-16 15:42:51 -0400

The US Senate has also opened an investigation into the proposed PGA Tour merger with Saudi and UAE dictator golf:

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/pga-liv-golf-senate-investigation-rcna89124

2023-06-16 15:41:54 -0400

The U.S. Justice Department will review the PGA Tour's plan to merge with Saudi-backed LIV Golf to determine if it violates antitrust law, the Wall Street Journal reported:

https://www.reuters.com/sports/us-doj-investigate-pga-tour-liv-golf-pact-wsj-2023-06-15/

2023-06-16 14:15:07 -0400

1,000 signatures reached

2023-06-15 17:29:54 -0400

500 signatures reached

2023-06-14 14:52:38 -0400

100 signatures reached

2023-06-14 14:01:38 -0400

50 signatures reached

2023-06-14 13:47:55 -0400

25 signatures reached

2023-06-14 13:42:37 -0400

10 signatures reached