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PGA Tour, LIV backers drop no-poaching clause from deal

US Senator Richard Blumenthal shakes hands with Chief Operating Officer of the PGA Tour Ron Price during a Senate subcommittee hearing examining the business deal between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, backers of LIV Golf

MIAMI – The PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund have dropped a provision from their framework agreement that barred LIV Golf and the Tour from recruiting each other’s players, the PGA Tour confirmed Thursday.

The move comes after the US Department of Justice raised concerns it could violate antitrust law.

“Based on discussions with staff at the Department of Justice, we chose to remove specific language from the Framework Agreement,” the PGA Tour said in a…

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