LIV Golf chief Greg Norman says he pays ‘NO consideration’ to Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy
LIV CEO Greg Norman doesn’t care about criticism from PGA Tour golfers Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
Because the acrimonious spat between the 2 excursions heats up, Norman stated he pays no consideration to something Woods and McIlroy say.
Earlier this week, Woods stated Norman ‘has to go,’ the identical sentiment McIlroy provided final month.
‘I pay zero consideration to McIlroy and Woods, proper?’ Norman advised Right now’s Golfer on Saturday. ‘They’ve their agenda for no matter motive. They’re saying no matter they wish to say. It has no bearing or impact on me. I will be with LIV for a protracted, lengthy time frame.’
The brand new tour, backed by the Saudis, has whisked away many PGA golfers resulting from larger monetary payouts.
LIV’s Greg Norman (R) doesn’t care about criticism from Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy (L)
In the meantime, golfers loyal to the PGA Tour have been irked by the best way Norman-led LIV operates.
There’s additionally the matter of either side submitting go well with in opposition to the opposite.
Woods stated the 2 excursions cannot discover peace till Norman is faraway from his management position.
Woods has been probably the most high-profile gamers to talk out in opposition to the Saudi-funded LIV sequence
‘I see that there is a possibility on the market if each organizations put a keep on their litigation,’ Woods stated Tuesday on the Hero World Problem, the place he’s the occasion’s host.
‘However that is the issue — they have to place a keep on it. And whether or not or not they try this or not, there is no willingness to barter in case you have a litigation in opposition to you.
‘So in the event that they each have a keep after which have a break after which they’ll meet and determine one thing out, then possibly there’s something available. However I feel Greg has to go, to begin with, after which clearly litigation in opposition to us after which our countersuit in opposition to them, these would then should be at a keep as properly. So then we are able to discuss, we are able to all discuss freely.’
Woods remarks had been just like ones McIlroy made on the DP World Tour Championship final month.
Rory McIlroy referred to as for Greg Norman to go away his submit as LIV CEO and Woods echoed that
‘So I feel there’s a number of issues that must occur,’ McIlroy stated. ‘So there’s clearly two lawsuits happening on the minute — there’s PGA Tour versus LIV, and there is this one which’s developing with the DP World Tour in February. Nothing will occur if these two issues are nonetheless happening, particularly — yeah, you are restricted in what you are able to do.
‘After which I feel from no matter occurs with these two issues, there’s a number of issues that I wish to see on the LIV facet that should occur. I feel Greg must go. I feel he simply must exit stage left. He is made his mark, however I feel now’s the appropriate time to kind of say, look, you’ve got received this factor off the bottom, however nobody goes to speak until there’s an grownup within the room that may truly attempt to mend fences.’
Norman believes he might be the one to fix fences regardless of what Woods and McIlroy assume.
‘After all it might occur beneath my management,’ Norman advised Right now’s Golfer. ‘I imply, Tiger is perhaps a messenger, proper? Who is aware of. All I do know is we’re going to preserve doing what we’re doing with LIV, and we’re simply going to maintain shifting ahead.’
In reality, the two-time main winner and World Golf Corridor of Famer says he’s doing a stable job working LIV.
‘Regardless of the place I am going on this planet, no person — not one individual — has stated what I am doing is silly or flawed,’ Norman stated.
