Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf Is Running Out of Time in Fight With PGA Tour

The first tournament from Saudi-backed LIV Golf Ltd. teed off more than three and a half years ago at a country club in North London. The winner would bank $4.75 million, the largest payday in pro golf history. Traffic signs warned of throngs of fans clogging the roads.

In the end, just a few thousand spectators turned up for the start of the petrodollar-fueled assault on the golf establishment. That same week, in Toronto, superstar Rory McIlroy won the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open, earning $1.5 million in front of about 132,000 attendees.