The WASHINGTON POST dives into the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund and his moves in the golf world under the headline, " The rise of Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the potential new king of golf ." The golf world is about to become closely acquainted with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, a "globe-trotting, Harvard-educated golf obsessive" who "appears poised to become the most powerful person in the professional game." The governor of the Saudi PIF, Al-Rumayyan has "for years ranked among the most influential people on the planet." This week, as part of a shocking deal that ended legal acrimony on both sides, Al-Rumayyan become "the prospective chairman" of a new venture between the PGA Tour and the PIF, which had "funded and operated" LIV Golf.
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