LIV Golf’s Greg Norman has ‘no interest’ in talking to PGA Tour, says ‘they’re trying to destroy us’
- Norman says he was repeatedly snubbed by US counterparts and now won’t negotiate because ‘the product is working’
- Creation of new competition threatens to split game as major winners flock to new circuit
LIV Golf kingpin Greg Norman has said he was no longer prepared to negotiate with PGA Tour chiefs while denying the Saudi-funded circuit was a “breakaway” league.
In an interview with The Australian newspaper, Norman said he had offered to meet with his US counterparts but they had repeatedly declined, instead focusing on reforming their tour to hang on to leading players.
“That’s why we are where we are today,” Norman said. “We tried awfully hard, I know I did personally for the past year … when we knew we were never going to hear from them, we just decided to go.
“We have no interest in sitting down with them, to be honest with you, because our product is working.”
The launch of LIV this year plunged golf into crisis, with the rebel circuit sparking a bitter split that threatens to tear the sport apart.
With LIV offering $25 million purses in no-cut 54-hole tournaments, a host of high-profile golfers have signed up, including Cameron Smith, the Open champion who was world No 2 when he switched sides this month.
