Greg Norman says Tiger Woods turned town ‘mind-blowingly enormous’ LIV Golf offer

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman has had plenty to say about the PGA Tour pros who don’t want to join his breakaway league.

His latest target? Tiger Woods.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Norman said Woods turned down an exorbitant deal to join the Saudi Arabia-funded league that has been the center of controversy in the golf world this year.

“Mind-blowingly enormous,” Norman said of the size of the offer. “We’re talking about high nine digits.”

Given the league is reportedly paying Dustin Johnson somewhere around $125 million as a sign-on fee, it’s fair to assume the amount Woods was offered was even higher.

Woods has already made it very clear, however, that a hefty payday will not tempt him to join the new league, which is funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and tied to the country’s alleged human rights violations.

“I believe in major championships. I believe in big events, comparisons to historical figures of the past,” Woods said ahead of the PGA Championship in May, via CBS Sports. “There’s plenty of money out here. The Tour is growing. But it’s just like any other sport. It’s like tennis. You have to go out there and earn it. You’ve got to go out there and play for it. We have the opportunity to go ahead and do it. It’s just not guaranteed up front.”

The LIV Invitational series is slated to start this week with an event in London starting on June 9. Although the PGA has denied all requests for a leave from the Tour to play in the London event, several golfers have excused themselves from the Tour in order to participate.

Johnson has come under fire for choosing to participate in the LIV Golf event after previously condemning it. He is just the latest high-profile golfer to take heat for wanting to participate in the breakaway league, with the most infamous still being Phil Mickelson. Mickelson has yet to compete in a golf event after his controversial comments supporting the Saudi-backed league were leaked earlier this year. Lefty was not on the 48-man roster for the upcoming LIV event.