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Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf league is racing to secure new contracts with star players before year-end to clinch a $300 million funding package needed to avert bankruptcy. The move comes amid delicate merger negotiations with the global golf tour and mounting financial pressures on the fledgling circuit.
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