The PGA has blood on its hands after announcing a surprise merger with the controversial Saudi backed rival LIV golf. That's the verdict of an Otago University Professor specialising in the politics of sports washing. America's Professional Golfers' Association blacklisted players who defected to the league that is backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund - an entity controlled by the state. A state that's guilty of serious human rights violations including the brutal assasination of a journalist by Saudi government agents. Just a year later the PGA is reported to have brokered the deal that blind sided players who found out via Twitter. Otago University School of PE Professor Steve Jackson told Lisa Owen it's sport washing to the extreme. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6328935704112