Saudi-backed LIV golf league stoops to worst low since inception, empty stadiums DISGRACE superstar names
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Saudi-backed rebel league LIV golf has been successful in its strategy so far, luring big names from the golfing world with money power and getting good views by live streaming its tournaments on YouTube despite not having a TV sponsorship deal.
However, in a recent instance, the league crashed to one of its worst lows so far as a tournament it recently held in Jeddah was not attended by a single live spectator on the course. In fact, even the YouTube live audience left a lot of nasty comments under the live stream for the event.
A user on Twitter shared a picture of a potentially exciting final playoff round between Brooks Koepka and Peter Uihlein at the Jeddah event, along with an empty field.
All this, even as LIV golf chairman Greg Norman tries his best to compete with the PGA Tour, getting some of the best names to compete alongside each other almost every week.
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Greg Norman cries about losing friends after joining LIV golf as chairman
Norman recently revealed that there are occasions when he feels really bad over affected relationships between him and his golfing friends since he started heading the rebel Saudi-backed league.
“To be honest with you, at times, my heat shield gets a little weak,” Norman told TV host Piers Morgan on his show. “I am a human being. I’ve done a lot for the game of golf. I was the No 1 player in the world for six years. I’ve done things for the game, I’ve promoted the game, I’ve grown it. So when they do these things…,” Norman explained.
Former golfer Greg Norman said he hates it when people get pressurized by others and start seeing things differently, especially when LIV golf had a good business going which could be good for the sport.
“My moral line is I believe in the product. My moral line is I’ve been a staunch promoter of growing the game of golf on a global basis. My moral line is golf is the force for good,” the Australian golfer-turned-entrepreneur said.
“It is so resonatingly powerful to see the strength of what the game of golf can do in different countries around the world, to change the economy of things, to change the hospitality, to change tourism… all these little ingredients that golf is the initial reason why you could change these,” he added.
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