LIV Golf now has a sixth Masters champion on its roster of talent: Bubba Watson.
LIV Golf has long been criticized as a way for the Kingdom to sportswash its human rights record. Saudi Arabia has been accused of wide-ranging human rights abuses, including politically motivated killings, torture, forced disappearances and inhumane treatment of prisoners. And members of the royal family and Saudi government were accused of involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist.
"Yeah, it's one of those things where I love to travel and I wanted to travel somewhere else. And in Saudi Arabia, they're trying to change. They started with women's golf, started supporting the women's golf and then they started supporting men's golf,"regarding the Saudi International event."Again, you know, the charity dollars is what's most important, so the more money I can get in my hands, the more I can give away.
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