Tiger Woods turned down offer in ‘neighborhood’ of $700M to $800M to play in Saudi-backed tournament, Greg Norman says
Former pro golfer Greg Norman said on Monday that Tiger Woods turned down an offer of $700 million to $800 million to play in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.
He told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the offer was “somewhere in that neighborhood” and that Woods was approached before Norman became CEO.
“So, of course, you’re going to look at the best of the best. They had originally approached Tiger before I became CEO, so, yes, that number is somewhere in that neighborhood.”
When Carlson asked him about American golf fans who find the LIV Golf tour offensive, Norman said he “doesn’t care.”
“I really don’t care, quite honestly, I just love the game of golf so much and I just want to grow the game of golf and we at LIV see this as an opportunity.”
He added that the tour is not just for the men, but for the women and for the NCAA and younger generation as a “pathway to opportunities for these kids to experience a new world out there.”
According to Norman, LIV is the “future” of golf.
Woods has previously criticized his fellow golfers leaving the PGA Tour for the newly created LIV Golf tour, saying that he disagrees with the player movement.
He told ESPN in July, “I think that what they’ve done is they’ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position.”
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