Tiger Woods talked about the players who are going to play in the golf series. 1:44
In an interview that aired Monday night, Greg Norman confirmed that Tiger Woods turned down an offer of between $700 million and $800 million.
Norman said that LIV Golf approached Woods before he was named the new circuit's CEO and Commissioner.
"That number was out there before I became CEO," Norman told Tucker Carlson during an interview that took place this past weekend at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. Tiger is a needle-mover. You need to look at the best of the best. Before I became CEO, they had first approached Tiger. It's in that neighborhood.
Tiger Woods has been one of the most vocal supporters of the PGA Tour during its battle with LIV Golf. Woods supports the R&A's decision not to invite Norman to the 150th celebration of The Open.
Woods said that the R&A had their opinions and their decisions. We're coming back to the most historic and traditional place in our sport because Greg has done things that I don't think are in the best interests of our game. I think it's the right decision.
The Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is financing LIV Golf, which is being left by players on the PGA Tour. In addition to the prize money at each event, the players on the new tour will receive guaranteed contracts worth between $100 million and $200 million, according to reports.
Woods disagreed with it. I think that they have turned their back on the things that allowed them to get to this point.
Norman said in an interview with Carlson that the PGA Tour has created obstacles that have caused LIV Golf to change its plans. There will be 48 players competing in 12 established team franchises for $400 million in purses in LIV Golf's 14 tournaments in 2023.
According to two player managers, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the PGA Tour's handling of its players and whether it has engaged in anticompetitive behavior.
Norman thought it was a monopoly. They don't want to shut us down, so they'll use whatever leverage they can to shut us down. The product speaks for itself, so they're not going to stop us.
Some long-time corporate sponsors dropped players who defected to LIV Golf, according to Norman.
Norman said that it blew his mind. Billions of dollars are spent in Saudi Arabia by sponsors. Over 40 billion dollars' worth of business is done by the PGA Tour in Saudi Arabia every year. The CEO of those organizations should be called by the PGA Tour and apologized for doing business with Saudi Arabia. They are picking on the pros.
One of the biggest sponsors of women's golf is the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, according to Norman.
Norman said that no one has said anything about them. It's on the guys. There is a question about why the ogres are. We have done something wrong.
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