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Sportswashing continues to rear its ugly head, with the LPGA becoming its newest target.🎯⁣ •⁣ While the men’s LIV Golf tour continues to rival the PGA, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman believes a women’s equivalent could grab headlines in the near future. Norman said he’d love to see a women’s LIV series develop, but at what cost? 😔⁣ •⁣ Men’s LIV Golf — and the suspensions, defections, lawsuits, and spats that have followed since its inception — is a contentious topic largely because of the sportswashing associated with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund that bankrolls the tour. 💰⁣ •⁣ Unlike the PGA’s hostility towards LIV Golf, LPGA Tour commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said last summer that she would take LIV Golf’s call, as it’s her “responsibility to evaluate every opportunity” to promote the women’s game. ⛳⁣ •⁣ The tour’s golfers seem to have differing opinions, so will women’s golf see the same divisiveness currently polarizing the men’s game? And would the LPGA as we know it eve...

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