Greg Norman, the CEO of the fledgling league, claimed that Woods turned down a deal worth between $700 million and $800 million in an interview with Fox News on Monday. Before Norman became CEO of LIV in October 2021, the idea had already been forwarded to Woods' team, Norman continued.
Look, Tiger can move needles, right? Informed the network, Norman. Therefore, it seems to sense that you would look at the finest of the best. So before I became CEO, they had approached Tiger. So, indeed, that number is located someplace in that area.
In June, Forbes assessed the 46-year-old Woods' net worth as at least $1 billion.
In an earlier statement, Norman said that Woods turned down a "mind-blowingly massive" offer for "high nine figures." He asserted that Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods declined to sign on with LIV to protect their "generational legacies."
Norman held the second-most weeks at No. 1 in the world behind Woods before his fantastic run on the Tour, and Woods is not close (331). Furthermore, it was obvious from Woods' open remarks at St. Andrews that he and LIV officials hold different philosophical views.
Woods stated he didn't understand why players would forego the opportunity to compete in major championships to join a tour that does not now give world-ranking points in some of the sharpest public comments of his career. What was the incentive to go out and earn it in the mud, he said, when the pay was promised ahead in 54-hole competitions?
Regarding the defectors, he remarked, "I disagree with it. "I believe what they have done is turned away from what has enabled them to be in this situation."
LIV, funded by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, is said to have spent nearly $1 billion to entice some of the most well-known golfers away from the PGA Tour, including Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau. The third of LIV's eight planned events for this year has recently ended. The rival circuit is anticipated to launch its full league format and a 14-tournament calendar in 2023.
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