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Big money bought the PGA Tour, but can it make golf a popular sport in Saudi Arabia?

  • Written by Josh Woods, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
Big money bought the PGA Tour, but can it make golf a popular sport in Saudi Arabia?The kingdom hopes to have 135,000 kids playing golf in school by 2025 and plans to build 23 new courses by 2030.JulyVelchev/iStock via Getty Images

The recent merger between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi-funded LIV Golf – now being reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice over antitrust concerns – stunned the golf community.

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