Graeme McDowell says he's received death threats telling him to 'go die' having joined LIV Golf tour
By Ben Morse, CNN
Updated 0946 GMT (1746 HKT) July 5, 2022
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Golfers have been criticized heavily for joining the breakaway tour, which is backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) — a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia — for the «money-grabbing» nature of the exodus from golf's traditional tours and for accepting money from a country with
