The Oral History of LIV Golf Part 1: Origins - 2021 | NLU Pod, Ep 1225

We’ve combed through the archives and compiled pages upon pages of notes to tell the story of LIV golf over the next few weeks. In today’s opening episode, we start with the beginnings of what would eventually become the PIF-funded LIV golf tour through the preparations for the league’s first tournament.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro & Early Saudi Sportswashing
20:00 - Original PGL Team Golf Idea
30:00 - Phil plays first Saudi event
50:00 - NLU's initial thoughts on PGL concept
57:30 - Initial PGL offers to players, Euro Tour partners with PGA Tour
1:01:30 - Jan ‘21 - PGA Championship pulled from Trump Bedminster
1:05:45 - PGA Tour unveils the PIP
1:11:00 - Summer ‘21 - LIV begins to emerge
1:28:00 - Norman announced as LIV Golf League CEO