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A number of alleged points of note cropped up during the Tuesday Congressional hearing looking into the proposed partnership between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

Among the most noteworthy is the suggestion that LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman would step aside from the new deal.

In his opening remarks during the hearing on the planned partnership, Senator Richard Blumenthal said there had been a side-agreement among members of the PGA Tour and PIF negotiators that Norman would not be involved in the new alliance, but would take up another role.

However, a PGA Tour spokesperson said the agreement has not yet been signed.

The new entity formed by the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and PIF will “undertake a full and objective empirical data-driven evaluation of LIV and its prospects and potential and will make a good faith assessment of the benefits of team golf in general, and PIF, the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour will work together in an effort to determine how best to integrate team golf into PGA Tour and DP World Tour events going forward.”

PGA Tour COO Ron Price and board member Jimmy Dunne also spoke at the hearing in the wake of the June 6 announcement of a framework arrangement between the PGA Tour, the PIF and the DP World Tour.

In response to Senator Blumenthal’s question: “What is the amount of the Saudi investment that is going to be made? What are the amounts that have been discussed?” Price said investment will be “significant … north of $1 billion.” That’s about the same number as the PGA Tour’s net assets last year ($1.3 billion).

Among the three-hour discussion it also emerged that the PIF allegedly wants to sponsor at least two PGA Tour designated events — with one being held in the Kingdom.

It was also documented that world No. 3 Rory McIlroy met with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan. “In our meeting, Rory and His Excellency talked of the need for compromise to benefit the game’s stakeholders, be it players, fans, broadcasters, sponsors and charities,” the documentation read. The document also states McIlroy “was seeking no personal financial gain, he was simply trying to unify the game”.

Regarding the announcement, Saudi and LIV Golf advisor Michael Klein asserted the need for the relationship to look true and to set the narrative off the jump, one that would be supported by a “softball segment” on CNBC. “The press teams are aligned on this. They are also taking all of the recent lessons from the Boeing Saudi announcements, which went extremely well in DC, nationally, and internationally.” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and PIF governor Al-Rumayyan ultimately announced the partnership during a CNBC appearance.

This has been another talking point from the tour after the word “merger” was used in the initial joint press release. Instead, Price and Dunne said, the PGA Tour will remain intact, with the PIF contributing to the new for-profit entity as a minority investor.