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Pundits cry 'Wolf' (of Wall Street) on LIV Golf after PGA Tour signs up with Saudis

Pundits cry 'Wolf' (of Wall Street) on LIV Golf after PGA Tour signs up with Saudis

Golf's punditry was as shocked as anyone, the players included, when Jay Monahan joined the PGA Tour with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. The hypocrisy's been off the charts since.

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Jun 15, 2023
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SO THERE’S A a scene in The Wolf of Wall Street in which ‘Jordan Belfort’ (Leonardo DiCaprio) and ‘Mark Hanna’ (Matthew McConaughey) are in a flash restaurant in New York when Hanna, after ordering several Absolut Martinis, explains to Belfort “the first rule of Wall Street”.

“Nobody - and I don't care if you're Warren Buffet or Jimmy Buffet - nobody kno…

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