Who here is passionate about golf as a spectator sport? “The Saudi Kingdom has gained control of the sport a year after starting LIV Golf” (Daily Mail). Are you ready to travel to the kingdom of sand to watch the sport of grass? As of 2021, there were 5 public golf courses in Saudi Arabia with plans to have 13 by 2030 (golf.com). If the Saudis move championship tournaments to their home country, who is ready to travel there to watch?
Their current fanciest course looks like a miracle of irrigation:
It’s on the Red Sea so golfers and spectators can live the Idi Amin retirement lifestyle. (Looks like the Biden administration is following Idi Amin’s advice to President Nixon (via a letter) with regard to the January 6 insurrectionists: “When the stability of a nation is in danger, the only solution is, unfortunately, to imprison the leaders of the opposition.”)
Related:
- as far as the New York Times is concerned, this is primarily a story about Donald Trump: “Through Ties to Saudis, Golf Deal Promises Benefits to Trump”
Who’s ready to fly to Saudi Arabia to watch golf?
I am, but only if I get huge sign-up bonus to do that.
All woke companies will attend the tournaments to celebrate their investments, e.g.:
https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/features/microsoft-announces-intent-to-expand-cloud-regions-through-saudi-arabia-datacenter/
(Isn’t a datacenter in a hot region energy intensive and ruins the planet?)
Then they return home and wave their rainbow flags and blame Trump.
Microsoft’s latest tweet:
https://twitter.com/microsoft/status/1666656535097884672?s=46
Every day is an opportunity to make #Pride. Join us as LGBTQIA+ communities at Microsoft share how securing equity and equality benefits everyone: msft.it/6001giMjt