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Matt Cooper: Deluge of Saudi cash threatens to wash out Europe’s flagship golf events

This week’s Horizon Irish Open in Mount Juliet has a prize fund of €6m, and will be fighting for TV viewers against LIV’s $25m exhibition in Portland

Phil Mickelson plays in the 2022 US Open Championship: the US golfer is believed to have pocketed $200m for defecting to the Saudi-financed LIV series of events. Picture: Getty