Senator demands Saudi PIF's Yasir Al-Rumayyan testify for LIV Golf-PGA Tour probe

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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., has called for Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, to comply with a congressional request for testimony and information. 

The Senate is investigating the historic merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, which the PIF financially backs. Al-Rumayyan said he would be an "inappropriate witness" for the investigation, but Blumenthal believes otherwise. 

Blumenthal, the chair of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a letter to Al-Rumayyan that states the subcommittee is "seeking to understand the scope of PIF’s U.S.-based investments and PIF’s plans for the PGA Tour and other U.S. entities."

The PIF is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and reported to have more than $700 billion in funds.

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Yasir Al-Rumayyan plays a tee shot on the fifth hole during the pro-am prior to the LIV Golf Invitational - Chicago at Rich Harvest Farms Sept. 15, 2022, in Sugar Grove, Ill. (Jonathan Ferrey/LIV Golf via Getty Images)

The Senate launched the probe in June after PGA officials surprisingly announced the "newly-formed commercial entity to unify golf" after consistently condemning LIV Golf for months. 

Al-Rumayyan told Blumenthal, per the senator, that he is "a minister bound by the [Saudi] Kingdom’s laws regarding the confidentiality of certain information." Because of that, he will not speak to Blumenthal for the investigation.

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"The suggestion that your role as a Saudi