Tiger Woods Rejected LIV Golf Contract Worth 'High Nine Digits,' Greg Norman Says

The golf tour backed by Saudi Arabia is trying to get the biggest names in golf to join it.

According to the Washington Post, Greg Norman said that Woods was offered a deal that was "mind-blowingly enormous."

Woods told reporters he's committed to the tour.

"You know, [Phil Mickelson] has his opinion on where he sees the game of golf going. I have my viewpoint on how I see the game of golf, and I've supported the tour and my foundation has run events on the tour for a number of years. I just think that what Jack [Nicklaus] and Arnold [Palmer] have done in starting the tour and breaking away from the PGA of America and creating our tour in '68 or '69, somewhere in there, I just think there's a legacy to that.

"I've been playing out here for a couple of years over decades, and I think there's a legacy to it. I still think that the tour has so much to offer, so much opportunity. … I understand different viewpoints, but I believe in legacies; I believe in major championships; I believe in big events, comparisons to historical figures of the past. There's plenty of money out here. The tour is growing. But it's just like any other sport. It's like tennis. You have to go out there and earn it. You've got to go out there and play for it. We have opportunity to go ahead and do it. It's just not guaranteed up front."

If players join LIV Golf, they will be suspended or even banned from the tour. The league's inaugural event in London, which starts Thursday and conflicts with the Canadian Open, was denied releases by the tour.

The Saudi-backed league approached other members of the golfing royalty.

Jack Nicklaus, who holds the record for major championship at 18 and hosts the Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour's schedule, told Michael Bamberger of the Fire Pit Collective he was offered something in excess of $100 million by the Saudis to do the job.

He said that he didn't want to do that. They would have thrown a lot of money at me. I've been to the tour. I used to play on the tour. The PGA Tour is what it is today, thanks to me. My loyalties are there and it will stay there.

Norman said that Nicklaus is a Hypocrite and that he thought that LIV Golf would be good for our game.

After the four-time major champion told reporters that the LIV Golf field is nothing to "jump up and down about," he said that the golfer was "brainwashed" by the tour.

Phil Mickelson signed with the rival league even though he still wants to play in the majors.

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Lefty's contract is estimated to be $200 million, making him part of a group that includes Kevin Na, Lee Westwood, and others.

The huge amount of money wasn't enough to persuade Woods.