promote his choice to say no to everything about liv golf a year ago. and now, like you just said, it s a complete 180. and saying that this is going to be good for golf, this is going to be good for our players he sold out every single one of us. he s old turned his back on the 9/11 community the american people. and for what? what changed that he decided to do this and to take a stand with the kingdom and against the 9/11 families? it is despicable. he is disgusting. tiger woods and rory mcilroy were 2 of the most opponents of liv golf when it launched last soon june. reports say that they and the other were not aware of the partnership some of them learned about it, in fact, from twitter. cnn spoke with u.s. open 2021 champion bryan dechambeau 9/11 families. listen.
criticism over the kingdom s human rights record. pga commissioner jay monahan was one of the most outspoken opponents. but he now has a very different outlook. i recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite. and any time i have said anything, i said it with the information i had at that moment. and i said it based on someone that is trying to compete for the pga tour and our players. and so, i accept those criticisms. but the circumstances do change. cnn s brian todd has a closer look at this bombshell announcement. but a mega business deal that surprised everyone but the tightest power circles in the sport of golf. the u.s. based pga tour announces it will partner with the rival tour it has been trying to fight off for a year, saudi-backed liv golf. just how fast and starkly one 8180 happened was and nobody knew this was
for a long time, that could create a crisis of government. but we re not there yet. the indication here is that the pope will undergo a general anesthesia this afternoon, but is expected to come out of it fairly quickly. during his recovery is expected to have full positsession of hi mental faculties. so we re not at that point where the question should be asked who really is in charge. but the possibility is there. we may get there one day. john allen live in rome, thank you so much. we ll be sure to give you up dates as we receive them. now a surprising new alliance in the world of golf. jay monahan has announced a partnership with its rival liv golf. monahan was harshly critical of liv when it was launched citing saudi arabia s human rights record and families of neenl victims are speaking out against the commissioner. outraged, disappointed,
saudi backed liv golf and asked for a mulligan on human rights concerns. and historic day in court for prince harry who testified for hours and faced cross-examination in a phone hacking lawsuit. we ll have the latest on the trial.
angry, disgusted that monahan could now sell the pga to the kingdom of saudi arabia. they are a bunch of cowards. they have destroyed the pga tour. it was dead as it was known before today. it is like i said testdespicabl words i can t use on tv, but he really is the lowest scum of the earth at this moment. quite a few golfers left the pga tour last year to join liv with its huge prize money and no cut events. and those who stayed loyal want answers. brian todd reports. reporter: a mega business deal that surprised everyone but the tightest power circles in the sport of golf. the u.s. based pga tour announces that it will partner with the rival tour it has been trying to fight off for a year, saudi backed liv golf. just how fast and how stark the 180 happened is definitely shocking and the fact that nobody knew this was coming. reporter: last year liv golf succeeded in luring away top pga