Saudi Golf Federation CEO denies reports of HANDING-OUT Tiger Woods $800m to join LIV Golf

Saudi Golf Federation CEO denies reports of HANDING-OUT Tiger Woods $800m to join LIV Golf

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Tiger Woods in his illustrious career has won everything and if reports are to be believed arguably the greatest golfer of all time has a net worth of at least $1 billion as his lifetime earnings.

Now the news which is doing rounds in the golfing circuit is that – the Saudi-backed league LIV Golf tried to lure the golfer into joining them for atrocious fees of $700 million to $800 million.

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman had earlier revealed that the former World No.1 was offered somewhat around a billion dollars to leave PGA Tour and join the rebel league. He swiftly refuted that assertion, stating that the offer was a calculation of potential value based on a share of ownership in a LIV franchise.

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Greg Norman stated Tiger Woods turned down a $700-800M Saudi offer

Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods

Norman in an interview revealed that during the controversial league’s early days, Woods was offered the sum of $700-800 million.

“That number was out there before I became CEO, and that number’s been out there, yes,” Norman said. “Tiger’s a needle-mover, right? Of course, you’ve got to look at the best of the best.”

However, Norman later stated: “That’s how it is. It’s not the cash value. We never offered that cash value to Tiger Woods. That’s the reality of it.”

Now, Saudi Golf Federation CEO Majed Al Sorour has further confirmed the claimed offer in a story from The New Yorker. “It’s not straight-out money. I never offered him that money, not even close to that,” Sorour said.

While Woods has condemned the upstart LIV Golf Tour in the past, he has not publicly commented on any deal he may have received from the company.

“As far as … the players who have chosen to go to LIV and to play there, I disagree with it,” Woods said at the Open Championship. “I think that what they’ve done is they’ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position.

“I just don’t see how that move is positive in the long term for a lot of these players, especially if the LIV organization doesn’t get world-ranking points and the major championships change their criteria for entering the events. It would be sad to see some of these young kids never get a chance to experience it and experience what we’ve got a chance to experience and walk these hallowed grounds and play in these championships,” he added.

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