As Roger Waters put it, "Money, it's a hit, don't give me that do goody good bullshit". That should be the PGA's new motto after the US golf tour agreed to a merger with the Saudi Arabian LIV golf entity. PGA commissioner Jay Monahan gave a world class seminar in hypocrisy as he tried to justify any association with the Kingdom's sports washing of its human rights abuses.
After banning players who took the Saudi's money supposedly on moral grounds and recruiting high profile golfers like Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods to criticize the country's regime, the tour capitulated as the money spigot continues to gush billions of dollars with no end in sight. The PGA lends legitimacy to Mohammed Bin Salman and his murderous regime which has gone so far as to kill a Saudi journalist who dared write about its crimes. It will be interesting to see if Woods and Mcilroy walk back their morally based criticisms. Or will they quote Pink Floyd's take on money and its pernicious effects. "Money, so they say is the root of all evil today, but if you ask for a rise, it's no surprise they're giving none away."
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