Tiger Woods maintained PGA Tour loyalty at new LIV Golf course; Woods mentioned through the Open Championship final month that he disagreed with gamers becoming a member of the sequence; Norman was as soon as once more important of the PGA Tour as he gave an interview to US tv
Final replace: 02/08/22 07:51
Tiger Woods criticized the separate LIV Golf Collection
Tiger Woods has turned down an estimated $700-800m (£572-654m) to affix the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational, in line with breakaway circuit chief govt Greg Norman.
Norman advised Fox Information the provide was made earlier than the Australian was named head of the controversial sequence, which is funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund.
The interview, carried out final weekend through the LIV Golf occasion in Bedminster, NJ, aired Monday evening on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
“That quantity was there earlier than I turned CEO,” Norman mentioned of the greenback determine introduced to Woods. “Look, Tiger is a needle mover, proper? So after all it’s a must to take a look at the most effective of the most effective. They initially approached Tiger earlier than I turned CEO. That quantity is someplace in that neighborhood .”
Woods maintained his loyalty to the PGA Tour on the brand new circuit.
Talking on the Scottish Open final month, Woods mentioned: “The gamers who’ve chosen to go to LIV and play there, I do not agree with that. I believe what they’ve completed is that they’ve turned their backs on what allowed them to get into this place.
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“You simply receives a commission some huge cash up entrance and also you play a few occasions and also you play 54 holes. They play scorching music and have all these vibes which can be totally different.
“I do not see this transfer being optimistic in the long run for a lot of of those gamers, particularly if the LIV group would not get factors on this planet rankings and the main championships change their occasion entry standards.”
Woods additionally hit out at Norman final month after the Aussie was disinvited from festivities celebrating the 150th Open Championship.
“Greg has completed some issues that I do not suppose are in the most effective curiosity of our recreation and we’re going again to in all probability probably the most historic and conventional place in our sport,” Woods mentioned. “I believe it is the fitting factor to do [to exclude him].”
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