{"id":39985,"date":"2022-06-07T04:55:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T04:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/greg-norman-claims-tiger-woods-turned-down-mind-blowingly-enormous-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T04:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T04:55:04","slug":"greg-norman-claims-tiger-woods-turned-down-mind-blowingly-enormous-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/greg-norman-claims-tiger-woods-turned-down-mind-blowingly-enormous-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Norman Claims Tiger Woods Turned Down &#8216;Mind-Blowingly Enormous&#8217; Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- tml-version=\"2\" --><\/p>\n<p>The LIV Golf Investments tour has signed some big fish in the golf world, perhaps most notably Phil Mickelson, who announced his intention to join the Saudi-backed league intent on rivaling the PGA Tour. But it turns out Mickelson was not the biggest name LIV Golf targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Norman, the two-time major champion who&#8217;s now the CEO of LIV Golf Investments and has embraced the role of public recruiter, told Kent Babb of <em>The Washington Post<\/em> that LIV Golf made a \u201cmind-blowingly enormous\u201d offer to the face of golf worldwide: Tiger Woods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re talking about high nine digits,\u201d Norman said, noting that Woods turned him and LIV Golf down.<\/p>\n<p>Norman also discussed his relationship with another golf icon, Jack Nicklaus, who was described as a mentor for Norman.  The two developed a close relationship, with Norman turning to Nicklaus in times of need to &#8220;vent for hours.&#8221;  LIV Golf also pursued a partnership with Nicklaus, who said he turned down an over exceeding $ 100 million to run the league.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;One hundred percent truth?  Jack&#8217;s a hypocrite, \u201dhe says.  &#8220;When he came out with those comments, I&#8217;m thinking: Jack must have a short memory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"m-in-content-recommendation m-detail--in-content-recommendation h-isolated-styles mm-component-stack--is-body-item\" style=\"--title_size_a_font_size:16;--title_size_b_font_size:16;--title_size_c_font_size:16;\">\n<p><span>Scroll to Continue<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Norman said that Nicklaus attended a LIV golf presentation and later wrote in an email that the new league has his blessing.<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuote-unquote, he said: &#8216;This is good for our game.  If it&#8217;s good for the game of golf, it&#8217;s good by me, &#8221; &#8216;Norman said.  &#8220;So you want the facts?  You&#8217;ve got the facts.  Know what you said before you open your mouth. &#8221;<u\/><u\/><\/p>\n<p>The first LIV Golf event is set to take place this weekend outside of London at the Centurion Club. The 48-player field includes Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Kevin Na, Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p><strong>More Golf Coverage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/template\" id=\"facebookPixel1103097776498609\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n{n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}\n;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n(function(){\n    fbq('init', '1103097776498609');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    var contentId = 'ci02a31213c00026fe';\n    if (contentId !== '') {\n        fbq('track', 'ViewContent', {content_ids: [contentId], content_type: 'product'});\n    }\n})();<\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LIV Golf Investments tour has signed some big fish in the golf world, perhaps most notably Phil Mickelson, who announced his intention to join the Saudi-backed league intent on rivaling the PGA Tour. 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