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13 Oct 2022

Auteur:
Joshua Lees, Mirror (UK)

Saudi activist "sounds alarm" over consequences of female stars joining LIV Golf

A human rights activist has written an open to the LPGA commissioner, board of directors and players to urge them not to work with the LIV Golf Series. Earlier this year, LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan admitted she would 'engage' with LIV CEO Greg Norman over possibly working with the Saudi-backed series...

Amid yet another controversial week in golf though, activist Lina Alhathloul has called for the LPGA to steer well clear of the the breakaway circuit due to the dismal human rights record of the Middle Eastern state. The letter wrote: "The general situation for women in Saudi Arabia has not improved, as the Saudi narrative suggests...