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Tiger Woods has said in the past that he has no intention of jumping from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, but he’s apparently sacrificing an impressive salary.
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman told Tucker Carlson that the new tour has offered Woods a deal in the range of $700-$800 million to transfer the ship.
Norman had said in June that the offer made to Woods was “mind-bogglingly huge”, adding that “we’re talking in the high nine figures”. Now the actual scope has been revealed.
LIV Golf is financially supported by the government of Saudi Arabia, which has faced scrutiny over its history of human rights abuses and has been accused of sports laundering. Although many famous golfers joined the tour for the money, Woods was not tempted.
“Well, he certainly doesn’t need the money. Legacy is a big deal for Tiger,” New York Post reporter Mark Cannizzaro told Pro Football Talk’s Peter King recently. “Tiger is a big golf geek. He is heavily involved with the PGA Tour. He’s not going to cross the PGA.”
While speaking to reporters last month at the 150th Open Championship, Woods made it clear he was loyal to the PGA Tour and had no interest in joining LIV.
“The players that chose to go to LIV and play there, I don’t agree with that,” Woods said. “I think what they’ve done is they’ve turned their backs on what allowed them to get to this position.
Woods also attacked Norman for forming the breakaway tour, saying: “I know Greg tried to do this back in the early 90s. It didn’t work then and he’s trying to make it work now. I don’t see how that’s in the best interest of the game.”
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