Brandel Chamblee

Yes, he did.

Just got this from a source.

The Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, the PIF, is pivoting towards domestic projects such as the 2034 World Cup infrastructure rather than foreign loss-making sports ventures.

The change is driven by a desire to prioritize financial sustainability, focus on domestic economic impact over high-cost international marketing.

The PIF, similarly, is getting out of soccer, rugby, and other sports investments.

With that, we make way for Brando Shambly, Golf Channel lead studio analyst.

Is today a good day for golf?

Yes, absolutely.

You know, when I heard the news yesterday, and I thought it was coming.

If you've been paying attention, reading the tea leaves, you knew it was coming.

Yeah, I thought no matter how big the ruse, no matter how well it's funded, it's hard to get a bad idea off the ground and make it profitable.

Did the Saudi Arabia, the PIF, did they accomplish what they wanted to accomplish?

No, I think the opposite would be the case.

They were trying to use golf to sort of launder their reputation, to sort of hide their atrocities, if you will, and I think it just further highlighted them.

You know, I think pretty much everybody in the golf industry knew that the Saudis didn't care about golf.

They were using golf as a vehicle to launder their atrocities.

And because it came right on the right on the heels of the murder and butchering of Jamal Khashoggi, it was really fresh in everybody's mind.

And it wasn't hard to connect those dots.

OK, but was there a template that Liv could have coexisted?

Well, it was an irrational actor.