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Controversy swirls as Ortiz leads LIV Golf's first US event

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Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series arrives in Oregon for its first tournament on US soil. 9/11 survivors and victims' families criticize golfers for working with Saudi Arabia, who they say was complicit in the 2001 terrorist attacks. Fifteen of the 19 al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked four planes were Saudi nationals, but Saudi government has denied any involvement in the attacks.

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The Independent

First LIV Golf event in US starts amid protests by 9/11 families

Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are among the new faces competing at the second tournament of the new tour

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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USA Today

Sept. 11 families protest Saudi golf tournament

Survivors and families who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are speaking out against a Saudi Arabia-funded golf tour that has its first U.S. event starting Thursday in Oregon. (June 30)

2 years ago·United States

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CNN

Saudi-backed LIV Golf series faces 9/11 protest as it begins first tournament on US soil

The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series arrived in Oregon for its first tournament on US soil Thursday and faced protests from 9/11 survivors and victims' families who criticized golfers for working with Saudi Arabia, who they say was complicit in the 2001 terrorist attacks.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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KRDO

Saudi-backed LIV Golf series faces 9/11 protest as it begins first tournament on US soil

By Eric Levenson and Hannah Sarisohn, CNNThe Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series arrived in Oregon for its first tournament on US soil Thursday and faced protests from 9/11 survivors and victims’ families who criticized golfers for working with Saudi Arabia, who they say was complicit in the 2001 terrorist attacks.“Saudi Arabia is trying to sports-wash their reputation,” Sean Passananti, whose father died in the attacks, said in a press co…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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News24

Controversy swirls as Ortiz leads LIV Golf's first US event

The first US event in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series teed off in Oregon amid continued protests and threats of legal action that would further divide the global game.

2 years ago·South Africa

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