Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, lines up a putt.

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, lines up a putt.

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Is Saudi Arabia no longer a golf state? The Saudi sovereign wealth fund poured billions into culture and sports in the last decade, none more high profile than LIV Golf, a rival to the PGA. So why is it reversing course now?

Fact checking by Vito Emanuel. 

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