PGA Tour Board Member Jimmy Dunne, the person who brokered the deal between the Saudi Public Funding Fund and the Tour, made a daring assertion relating to the PIF and Saudi Arabia’s connection to the 9/11 assaults.
On the Gulf Channel, Dunne reacted emotionally to the Saudi connection to the terrorist assaults, promising that if anybody discovered an individual “past an inexpensive doubt” he would “kill himself” within the 9/11 assaults.
“Day by day is the very first thing on my thoughts [September 11]; I give it some thought a number of instances a day; “And the very last thing on my thoughts at night time is that,” Dunne started.
“It hasn’t modified since that day.” And I’m not alone in that. I assure that every of those relations has the identical illness. It’s simply the fact of how extremely unhappy and terrible that day was.
‘I perceive that. And I’m fairly positive – and I’ve had conversations with plenty of very educated folks – that the folks I’m coping with don’t have anything to do with it.
“If anybody finds somebody who was clearly concerned, I’ll kill them myself.” “We don’t have to attend.”
PGA Board Member Jimmy Dunne defended the Saudis with a toneless remark
Dunne stated that “the folks I take care of” had nothing to do with the 9/11 terrorist assaults
Dunne continued, “However the actuality is we have to come collectively as a folks.” We now have an excessive amount of division.
“And in some unspecified time in the future – be it our view of the Japanese or our view of the Germans – there comes a cut-off date when it’s important to say: let’s attempt to get to know one another. Let’s attempt to perceive it, let’s attempt to exhibit it with examples.
“Properly, I don’t take a stance on any nation, and no matter your place on what I’m attempting to say, I consider we shouldn’t run away from our variations.” And we must always get to know one another and it mainly make it troublesome in order that we don’t must take care of what we skilled over 20 years in the past.
“As terrible because it was for me, it was so much worse for different folks.” I can’t think about [voice cracks] … if one in all my youngsters was concerned. So I’ve actual sympathy for that, however I’d love to do one thing about it.
“And I wish to be sure that one other poor man who simply goes to work someday doesn’t must undergo what we went by means of.” contribute.”
Dunne, an funding banker, co-founded Sandler O’Neill and Companions – an organization based mostly on the 104th ground of the South Tower of the World Commerce Heart.
He was making an attempt to qualify for US Mid-Newbie on September 11, 2001 when the assaults broke out, killing 66 of his employees.
9/11 Households United – a coalition of households and survivors of the assaults – launched a press release in response to the proposed merger of the PGA, LIV and DP World Tour.
Dunne (R) was taking part in golf when his employees had been within the south tower and 66 folks died
9/11 Households United launched a press release criticizing PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan
They significantly focused PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, whose protection of his golf membership has typically been based mostly on his ethical distinction of being impartial from the Saudi authorities.
“PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan final yr enlisted the 9/11 group within the PGA’s unequivocal settlement that the Saudi LIV challenge was nothing greater than sporting injury to Saudi Arabia’s repute,” stated the group’s chairman, Terry Strada.
“However now the PGA and Monahan appear to have develop into simply extra paid Saudi stooges, spending billions of {dollars} to cleanse Saudi Arabia’s repute in order that People and the world neglect how the dominion made its billions of {dollars} earlier than the… 9/11 to fund terrorism.” spreading their scathing hatred of People and funding Al Qaeda and the assassination of our family members. Make no mistake – we’ll always remember it.
‘Mister. Monahan spoke final summer time about realizing individuals who misplaced family members on 9/11, then puzzled aloud on nationwide tv if the LIV Golfers ever needed to apologize for being on the PGA Tour.
“They’re now – and so is he.” PGA Tour leaders must be ashamed of their hypocrisy and greed.
“Our complete 9/11 group has been betrayed by Commissioner Monahan and the PGA because it seems their concern for our family members was merely a window dressing in pursuit of cash – they by no means sought to honor the good sport of golf. “
Al-Rumayyan is now clearly the strongest man in golf as three excursions are set to be merged
By the agreed merger, the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and DP World Tour will all come below the purview of the Saudi PIF, which shall be chaired by Yasir Al-Rumayyan.
Dunne and Ed Herlihy, the chairman of the PGA Tour Coverage Board, helped negotiate the deal between the PGA and the PIF to merge golf programs.
Monahan will function CEO of the mixed leagues, with Al-Rumayyan as chairman and D
unne and Herlihy on the board.
Dunne is a member of a lot of prestigious golf golf equipment – together with Augusta Nationwide and Shinnecock Hills – and can be President of Seminole Golf Membership in Florida.