Tiger Woods turned down over $700 million from Saudi golf league

LIV Golf, the new league financed by the Government of Saudi Arabia, offered between 700 and 800 million dollars to Tiger Woods to try to add him to his project, without being able to convince him, according to what the CEO of the organization, the Australian Greg Norman.

In the conversation recorded by Fox this Sunday during the Bedminster (New Jersey) event, Norman admitted that the Saudi league made this offer to Tiger Woods a long time ago, considering him a player who changes the balance: “That number was talked about [ an offer between 700 and 800 million].

Tiger changes the balances, and obviously one has to aim for the best of the best.

They got in touch with Tiger before I became CEO,” said Greg Norman.

Tiger Woods, winner of fifteen majors in his career and one of the most powerful players in the world of golf, finally decided to stay faithful to the PGA Tour.

In the interview, Norman also defended LIV Golf from the accusations received by the PGA, which branded it a threat to the future of golf: “Our model is built one hundred percent around the golf ecosystem.

We are not trying to destroy the PGA Tour or the European Tour.

We want to work in the golf ecosystem to show that there is room for everyone, ”he assured.

With significant economic incentives for its players, LIV Golf aspires to organize a circuit that rivals the US-based tour in quality and prestige. After weeks of rumors and suspicions, the PGA Tour took a step forward in the middle in May by denying permission for players on his tour to compete in the LIV Golf Invitational Series in London, the first LIV Golf event.

This caused disciplinary measures and the abandonment of the PGA Tour on the way to LIV Golf for golfers such as the Spanish Sergio García, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Brooks Koepka, the Mexican Abraham Ancer or Louis Oosthuizen, among others.

The latest to join LIV was two-time major winner Bubba Watson, who announced his addition last week.

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