{"id":32518,"date":"2022-06-01T19:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dustin-johnson-paid-about-125-million-to-join-saudi-golf-league\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T19:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:48:01","slug":"dustin-johnson-paid-about-125-million-to-join-saudi-golf-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dustin-johnson-paid-about-125-million-to-join-saudi-golf-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Johnson paid about $ 125 million to join Saudi golf league"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dustin Johnson&#8217;s flip-flop came with a heavy price tag.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph in the UK is reporting that LIV Golf, the upstart golf league backed by the Saudi government and fronted by Greg Norman that is seeking to disrupt the PGA Tour, paid Johnson \u201caround\u201d \u00a3 100 million &#8211; or about $ 125 million &#8211; to join their series.<\/p>\n<p>Big bucks are certainly in play.  Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus recently said that he was offered \u201csomething in excess of $ 100 million\u201d to head up the league.  That role eventually went to Norman.<\/p>\n<p>RBC (Royal Bank of Canada), one of Johnson&#8217;s primary sponsors, cut ties with the golfer and announced it was \u201cvery disappointed\u201d with his decision to play in the circuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRBC is a proud partner of the PGA Tour. Our partnership is anchored with two world-class golf tournaments \u2014 the RBC Heritage and the RBC Canadian Open,\u201d the bank said in a statement.  &#8220;The PGA Tour has been clear about its intentions in accordance with its tournament regulations should a golfer choose to play in a tournament outside the tour, including the LIV Golf Invitational Series.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Dustin Johnson was reportedly paid \u201caround\u201d $ 125 million to compete in the Saudi Golf League.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe were recently made aware that Dustin Johnson made the decision to play the LIV Golf Invitational Series opener.  DJ has been a valued RBC team member since 2018. While we are extremely disappointed in his decision, we wish him well. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Johnson, who is married to Paulina Gretzky, won the 2016 US Open and the 2020 Masters. <\/p>\n<p>Among other golfers in the Saudi Golf League&#8217;s June event outside London are Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Kevin Na, Lee Westwood, Louis Oosthuizen, Martin Kaymer, Charl Schwartzel, Graeme McDowell and Talor Gooch.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Mickelson caused major uproar earlier this year when he downplayed human rights concerns associated with competing in the league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re scary motherf \u2013 kers to get involved with,\u201d Mickelson told his biographer Alan Shipnuck in February.  &#8220;We know they killed [Washington Post reporter Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights.  They execute people over there for being gay.  Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it?  Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson, who also ripped the PGA Tour&#8217;s \u201cobnoxious greed\u201d over the amount of money that is not distributed to golfers, faced what amounted to a several-month shadow ban from the PGA Tour after the remarks. <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, the PGA Tour <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianwacker1\/status\/1532024305651003393\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued a statement<\/a> saying that members have &#8220;not been authorized to participate&#8221; in the Saudi Golf League&#8217;s event, and are subject to thus-far-unspecified &#8220;disciplinary action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Johnson&#8217;s flip-flop came with a heavy price tag. The Telegraph in the UK is reporting that LIV Golf, the upstart golf league backed by the Saudi government and fronted by Greg Norman that is seeking to disrupt the PGA Tour, paid Johnson \u201caround\u201d \u00a3 100 million &#8211; or about $ 125 million &#8211; to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dustin-johnson-paid-about-125-million-to-join-saudi-golf-league\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dustin Johnson paid about $ 125 million to join Saudi golf league<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[15466,2966,6929,3023,8138,295],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1398353338.jpg?ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1398353338.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}