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Secrecy, cigars and a Venetian wedding: How the PGA Tour made a deal with Saudi Arabia

By Alan Blinder, Lauren Hirsch, Kevin Draper, Kate Kelly
New York Times·
11 mins to read
Secrecy, cigars and a Venetian wedding: How the PGA Tour made a deal with Saudi Arabia
The agreement between the LIV Golf league and the PGA Tour stunned most of the sporting world. Photo / Getty Images
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The agreement to remake a global game stunned most of the sporting world after seven weeks of clandestine negotiations.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan had gone unnoticed in Venice last month.

With luck, he thought over breakfast near the Palazzo Ducale, his confidential talks in Italy with Yasir al-Rumayyan, the

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