{"id":31334,"date":"2022-06-01T00:44:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T00:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jack-nicklaus-says-his-allegiance-is-with-the-pga-tour\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T00:44:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T00:44:11","slug":"jack-nicklaus-says-his-allegiance-is-with-the-pga-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jack-nicklaus-says-his-allegiance-is-with-the-pga-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Nicklaus says his allegiance is with the PGA Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jack Nicklaus said he met with the organizers of a Saudi Arabian-financed golf league but has no interest in being the face of a rival circuit to the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

“I did it out of courtesy to them because we’re doing a golf course for them,” Nicklaus said Tuesday during a news conference at the Memorial. “I’ve got zero interest in wanting to do something like that. I don’t care what kind of money they would have thrown at me. My allegiance has been to the PGA Tour. I grew up on the PGA Tour. I helped found the PGA Tour as it is today. My allegiance is there, and it’s going to stay there. ”<\/p>\n

Nicklaus, 82, told the Fire Pit Collective website earlier this month that the Saudi Arabians had offered him more than $ 100 million to lead the league that is now being fronted by Greg Norman. Nicklaus said he turned down the offer twice.<\/p>\n

“They obviously called me,” Nicklaus said. “And we’ve had a contract on a golf course in Saudi Arabia for over a couple of years. Essentially the same group. So when they called Jackie – my son Jackie organized the meeting, and they came into The Bear’s Club (in Jupiter, Florida). We met a couple of guys. John Reese and Paul Stringer from the Nicklaus Companies were there because we were doing the golf course, and they proposed this thing to me. “<\/p>\n