#BLACK LIGHT GOLF NEAR NEARM PROFESSIONAL#
LIV Golf claimed that its goal is to "holistically improve the health of professional golf" and "help unlock the sport's untapped potential." But critics have said the league is part of a broader political effort by Saudi Arabia to buy legitimacy and polish its global image.Īs the two tours work out the details of the merger, here's a look at what we know about sportswashing, how it's employed and the role that sports investments play in Saudi Arabia's broader political strategy. On Tuesday, however, the two entities announced a blockbuster merger in which both tours will operate under the same umbrella, with the same primary funder: The PIF. Human rights groups say LIV Golf is just the latest example. Bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, the upstart league offered astronomical sums to a handful of the sport's biggest names – including Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson – to poach them last summer from the PGA Tour, which initially suspended the defectors. "In essence, sportwashing is about diversion," said Simon Chadwick, a global professor of sport at Emlyon Business School in France.
#BLACK LIGHT GOLF NEAR NEARM PRO#
PRO GOLF WILL NEVER BE THE SAME PGA Tour sold out to LIV Golf and the Saudis But the strategy it represents has been employed by governments around the world, in some form or fashion, for a century or more.įor world leaders, it is a way to improve their nation's reputation by hosting a prestigious sporting event, or financing a popular team. That term – "sportswashing" – is still relatively new. "Isn't there a danger," one reporter asked Phil Mickelson, "that you're also being seen as a tool of sportswashing?"
Over the past six years, the term has been used to describe everything from the 2018 World Cup in Russia to a 2019 heavyweight boxing match in Saudi Arabia to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.Īnd at a news conference ahead of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf league's first event last summer, it came up twice. It has been updated to reflect Tuesday's announcement that LIV Golf is merging business operations with the PGA Tour and DP Tour. We had fun despite the poor quality, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you have nothing else to do and just have to get out of the house.Editor's note: This story was originally published on June 10, 2022. At least she uttered a, "Thanks," before going back to play on her phone. We no more finished the final hole than the same girl at the ticket counter literally snatched our clubs away. The "greens" were not well maintained, even torn in many instances, and the designs looked like something a child would create. I found the layout confusing (maybe compounded by the only illumination being glow in the dark black lights), and treacherous, with many changes in elevation and small obstacles scatter throughout. Expensive! We paid $17 for one senior and one child for ONE game.
Once your eyes adjust and you find the ticket counter, the young girl manning the place was so bored with her job, I wanted to turn around and leave. Set inside the very large Discover Mills shopping center, the signage is poor, the entry uninspiring and very dark. It's a fun time the whole family can enjoy.
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