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Justice Department notifies PGA Tour of probe into LIV Golf merger: report

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The PGA Tour’s newly announced landmark merger with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the DP World Tour could be facing a potential roadblock after the Justice Department informed the circuit that it would be reviewing the unexpected partnership, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Sources close to the matter told the outlet that the "​​new, collectively owned, for-profit entity," as described by the PGA Tour in its initial announcement, will be reviewed for possible antitrust concerns — the second investigation of its kind for the circuit.

Team Captain Dustin Johnson of 4 Aces GC celebrates making his putt on the 18th green to win during the team championship stroke-play round of the LIV Golf Invitational - Miami at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida, on Oct.

30, 2022. (Charles Laberge/LIV Golf via Getty Images) The PGA Tour did not immediately comment on the matter after being reached by Fox News Digital.  US OPEN CHAMP MATTHEW FITZPATRICK ADMITS 'NOBODY KNOWS WHAT’S GOING ON' FOLLOWING PGA TOUR-LIV GOLF MERGER Just shy of a year ago, the PGA Tour faced a similar probe from the Justice Department after Commissioner Jay Monahan announced that Tour members seeking to play on the LIV Golf circuit would face indefinite suspensions.

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