Karl Henkell, a shadowy figure and one of the original financiers of the Nazi Party, used golf to burnish Germany’s image in the 1930s. Photo: Hugo Erfurth, ullstein bild via Getty Images LIV Golf has spawned increased usage of the word “sportswashing,” a term of recent vintage (Oxford Dictionary dates it to 2015). So far, the project has backfired. Paying hundreds of millions of dollars to some relevant or recently relevant PGA Tour stars, assorted journeymen, and a couple of promising newcomers, money the Saudis have little chance of recouping, has only highlighted that the kingdom has more cash than...