Wait, Tiger Woods Turned Down HOW Much Money From LIV Golf?

Almost 50 golfers have joined LIV Golf, the upstart golf league that is getting down to disrupt the PGA Tour. LIV Golf, which boasts shorter occasions (54 holes in comparison with the 72 of PGA Tour occasions) and shotgun begins, has made waves for a few causes. First, it is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund, which has been behind some horrific human rights violations. Second, the league has thrown round big quantities of cash to get golfers to hitch.

Phil Mickelson acquired $200 million from LIV Golf, saying he believed the league could be good for the sport of golf. Dustin Johnson needs to make $125 million after leaving the PGA Tour for LIV Golf. Even less-heralded golfers have an opportunity to earn—the final place finishers in LIV Golf occasions take house a minimum of $120,000. In a PGA Tour occasion, ending final would earn you nothing.

Regardless of the massive names becoming a member of LIV Golf, there’s one notable omission: Tiger Woods. LIV CEO Greg Norman not too long ago advised Fox Information host Tucker Carlson that, earlier than Norman grew to become CEO, Woods turned down an enormous provide from LIV Golf. Simply how a lot was that provide price?

In accordance with Norman, Woods acquired a proposal someplace between $700 million and $800 million to hitch the LIV Golf Invitational Sequence. Almost a billion {dollars} to play in eight occasions. And that is on prime of any cash he made out of his performances on the golf course.

“Look, Tiger is a needle mover, proper? So, in fact, you have to take a look at the very best of the very best,” Norman stated. “They’d initially approached Tiger earlier than I grew to become CEO. That quantity is someplace in that neighborhood.”

Woods has been overtly vital about LIV Golf, believing gamers who be a part of are taking the simple manner out. After all, he is nearly a billionaire, so the choice to show down such a lot of cash may need been barely simpler than if he have been simply beginning out on the PGA Tour.

Even so, saying no to $700 million to $800 million is a troublesome choice to make. LIV Golf has already introduced updates for 2023 that can enhance the money-making potential. Its collection will broaden from eight to 14 tournaments, with 48 gamers throughout 12 workforce franchises competing for $405 million in purses.

We’ll seemingly see much more gamers leaving the PGA Tour for LIV Golf. In any case, the promise of a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of {dollars} is hard to disregard.