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Is Saudi Arabia no longer a state? The Saudi sovereign wealth fund poured billions into culture and sports in the last decade, none more high profile than LIV Golf, a rival to the PGA. So why is it reversing course now?<\/p>\n

Fact checking by Vito Emanuel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Is Saudi Arabia no longer a golf<\/em> state? The Saudi sovereign wealth fund poured billions into culture and sports in the last decade, none more high profile than LIV Golf, a rival to the PGA. So why is it reversing course now?<\/p>\n

Fact checking by Vito Emanuel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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