best players compete against each other, but at what cost to the sport? duelling tours have driven a wedge in the professional golf world. and now an aboutface by the pga, striking a surprising partnership with its biggest rival. >> what we're talking about today is coming together to unify the game of golf. >> reporter: the pga tour announcing it will merge commercial operations with liv golf, and the saudi arabia public investment fund, which is controlled by the saudi crown prince. the new for profit entity, yet to be named, will also include the pga european tour, reshaping the golf landscape on the heels of the saudi-backed liv tour, upending it. >> we would be investing in the golf in the game of golf. >> reporter: as the news first broke on cnbc, shock reverberated on social media. even pga tour golfers were blind sided while liv tour numbers celebrated an apparent victory. phil mickelson who joined the liv tour last year for a reported $200 million tweeting,
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general is talking about, to flood this area here, and prevent the crossing here, it is moving the battlefield over here to this region and making it smaller. thank you, general kimmet for explaining this to us. and major news coming from the golf world. the pga is merging with the saudi-backed liv world. and christine romans is joining us, and this is stunning announcement, and shocking everyone, and seeming to shock everybody. >> yes, it is a blockbuster coming out here, and the headline is "nevermind." how they spoke about the 9/11 families and the murd per of jamal khashoggi, it is out of the window, and the pga tour has womenped out, and gone into
threat continues this week, all eyes remain on the sky. emilie ikeda, nbc news, new york. now to a seismic shake-up for the golf world tonight. the pga uniting with its bitter rival saudi-backed liv golf. miguel almaguer now on why the fallout from the new partnership goes far beyond the fairway. >> reporter: striking a deal that blind-sided the sports world, today's merger between the pga and saudi-backed liv golf transcends the game. some of the sport's biggest names joined liv just a year ago, launching a bitter rivalry on the fairways, pitting top players against each other, creating geopolitical tension, dividing fans, and triggering a slew of lawsuits. >> i think the golf world, including the biggest names in the sport were stunned. i don't think anybody saw this coming. >> why did it happen? >> money. at the end of the day, money. and discovery down the line that was ahead with lawsuits that were pending for both sides. >> reporter: with billions of dollars to be invested by saudi arabia, often criticized for human
uncovered classified material. they have witnesses talking about how it was handled after a subpoena was issued. also tonight the "new york times" reporting former trump chief of staff mark meadows has testified to one of the grand juries in that special counsel investigation. we will discuss all of this with the panel a little later. also breaking tonight, shocking news in the sports world. more specifically the golf world. the announcement hit this morning the pga tour is now merging with the saudi backed liv golf organization and the dp world tour to create a new power house in the game. the move is already raising questions about how some golfers and fans will react. what it means for the future of professional golf and why the sudden shift in messaging and plans from the pga. we'll talk with sportscaster jim gray up in a few moments but first up national correspondent william la jeunesse in los angeles with the latest. good evening, william.
deeply connected to the murder and dismemberment of the "washington post" columnist. he happens to be the chair of a fund that previously invested $2 billion in, wait for it, jared kushner's projects. while republicans on capitol hill appear entirely indifferent about all of this, the shadowy entanglements, at least we know jack smith is paying attention. remember, recent subpoenas revealed the special counsel sought records related to trump and liv golf so we'll continue to watch that space. to do that with me at the table, the host of the independent americans podcast, and founder of the group, iraq and afghanistan for america. we were talking during the break, the netflix series doc on the golf world shows how this has divided the world of golf.
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