Greg Norman’s LIV Golf lobbying blasted by GOP: Here is how Twitter reacted


Greg Norman’s LIV Golf lobbying blasted by GOP: Here is how Twitter reacted

LIV Commissioner Greg Norman

Republican House members gave LIV Golf’s CEO Greg Norman the cold shoulder during their latest meeting in Washington DC over his lobbying for the Saudi-back league.

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Norman, during his meeting with the Republican Study Committee on Wednesday, was slammed for pitching LIV Golf’s league competitiveness. His plugging for the rebel league was castigated by all members of the GOP.

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LIV Golf’s CEO slammed by Tim Burchett

Greg Norman
Greg Norman

“LIV Golf is coming to the Hill this week to meet with lawmakers from both parties,” LIV Golf told Golfweek ahead of Norman’s lunch with RSC members. “Given the PGA Tour’s attempts to stifle our progress in reimagining the game, we think it’s imperative to educate members on LIV’s business model and counter the Tour’s anti-competitive efforts.”

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LIV Golf has made headlines for the wrong reasons this year once it emerged as a competitor to the PGA tour. Norman‘s main agenda over his visit to the Capitol Hill this week was to make the Congress and other members understand the sporting project.

On Wednesday, before the end of the former PGA star meeting, Rep. Tim Burchett left the meeting, saying that he could not understand Norman‘s accent and it was all “basically propaganda.”

“A bunch of rich guys [are] not gonna play golf somewhere — it doesn’t bother me one bit,” Burchett said. “Federal government needs to stay out of that and just let these country clubbers handle their own game.”

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Burchett also went on to say that they should be all worried about what is happening in their own country rather than debating over LIV Golf’s Saudi ties.

“It shouldn’t be taking up our time. [We’re a] conservative organization, and we ought to be dealing with what we’ve got to deal with in our country, not with — worried about a bunch of Saudis, a bunch of billionaire oil people, are dealing with,” Burchett said.

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