The New Yorker Goes Deep on LIV Golf

Published: Oct. 21, 2022, 9 a.m.

b'Zach Helfand\\u2019s main job is editing The New Yorker\\u2019s \\u201cTalk of the Town\\u201d section, but for the past few months he has been working on a feature story about the battle between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. That article appears in this week\\u2019s print edition of the magazine and was published online under the title \\u201cWill the Saudis and Donald Trump Save Golf\\u2014or Wreck It?\\u201d Zach (@zhelfand) tells Garrett about his reporting process, the benefits of his outsider status in the golf world, and what he observed at the PGA Tour\\u2019s Tour Championship and LIV\\u2019s events at Trump Bedminster and the International. He also reveals how he wrangled a now-widely-aggregated interview with Majed Al Sorour, CEO of the Saudi Golf Federation and one of the major decision makers behind LIV.'