5:15 pm today

LIV Golf not going game any favours - Sir Bob Charles

From Checkpoint, 5:15 pm today

Golfing legend Sir Bob Charles said he'll be asking questions at a Canterbury Golf dinner tonight about whether they would host a LIV Golf event next year. The Christchurch Golf Club has confirmed to Checkpoint representatives from the Saudi-backed tournament had visited but nothing had been locked in. Critics believe the controversial big dollar league is sportswashing, with Saudi Arabia attempting to distract from its appalling human rights record, including its brutal assasination of a journalist at its embassy in Turkey in 2018, Sir Bob Charles speaks to Lisa Owen.