9/11 Families United ‘betrayed’ after PGA Tour among ‘Saudi shills’ via merger with LIV Tour

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It was just about nine months ago when PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan said he did not envision a truce with LIV Golf.

But on Tuesday, the two tours merged into one in the first North American sports league merger since the NFL and AFL.

The internet was quick to point out Monahan's hypocrisy, as the announcement came almost one year to the day that Monahan praised PGA's morals and blasted LIV Golf, which was backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Now, 9/11 Families United is echoing most people's sentiments.

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PGA Tour logo is seen during the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines South on Jan. 29, 2021, in San Diego, California.  (Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images)

"9/11 Families United is shocked and deeply offended by the newly announced merger between the PGA Tour and the LIV Golf league that is bankrolled by billions of sportswashing money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi operatives played a role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and now it is bankrolling all of professional golf," the organization said in a statement.

"PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan co-opted the 9/11 community last year in the PGA’s unequivocal agreement that the Saudi LIV project was nothing more than sportswashing of Saudi Arabia’s reputation. But now the PGA and Monahan appear to have become just more paid Saudi shills, taking billions of dollars to cleanse the Saudi reputation so that Americans and the world will forget how the Kingdom spent their billions of dollars before 9/11 to fund terrorism, spread their vitriolic hatred of Americans, and finance al Qaeda and the murder of our loved ones,"