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Tiger Woods PRAISED after Greg Norman reveals he rejected $1B deal from Saudi rebel golf tourney

Greg Norman, who also goes by the name of Great White Shark, shared that Woods turned down an obscene amount of money to join the rival golf league

Iconic golfer Greg Norman recently dropped big news concerned with Tiger Woods that earned him more respect amongst the golf fans. Greg Norman, the CEO of LIV Golf, in an interview with The Washington Post, revealed that Woods was offered a “mind-blowingly enormous (deal)” to play in LIV Golf’s upcoming tour but the latter refused it maintaining his loyalty towards PGA.

The legendary Australian golfer, who also goes by the name of Great White Shark, shared that Woods turned down an obscene amount of money to join the rival golf league which is backed by the Saudi Arabia government. Speaking of the enormous deal, Woods was reportedly offered close to $1 billion in a deal that he gave no attention to. Phil Mickelson, on the other hand, decided to join the LIV Golf and according to multiple reports, he might have bagged close to $200 million.

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Sharing a few details about the Tiger Woods deal gone for a toss, Greg Norman said that the deal was "Mind-blowingly enormous” adding, “We're talking about high nine digits." Jack Nicklaus was reportedly offered the role now taken over Greg Norman. Golfer Dustin Johnson is another player who has given his nod to play in the rival league that is scheduled for June 9-11 at the Centurion Club in London.

According to reports, LIV Golf reportedly offered $100 million to Jack Nicklaus whereas, Dustin Johnson will reportedly pocket $125 million as a sign-on fee to play in the new league.  In May, Woods spoke to reporters dropping a subtle hint on sticking to PGA while also acknowledging Mickelson’s controversial comments toward the PGA Tour. “[Mickelson] has his opinion on where he sees the game of golf going. I have my viewpoint on how I see the game of golf, and I’ve supported the tour and my foundation has run events on the tour for a number of years”, said the 46-year-old adding, “I just think that what Jack [Nicklaus] and Arnold [Palmer] have done in starting the tour and breaking away from the PGA of America and creating our tour in ’68 or ’69, somewhere in there, I just think there’s a legacy to that.” Woods concluded, “I’ve been playing out here for a couple of years over decades, and I think there’s a legacy to it. I still think that the tour has so much to offer, so much opportunity.”

‘You don't cut the hand that fed you from day one’

Social media users praised Tiger Woods’ decision to reject the lucrative deal from the rival league. “Gotta respect Tiger Woods for turning down over a hundred million bucks to play for the new Saudi golf tour.  He did it out of loyalty to the PGA that has made him rich and famous”, said one user as another posted, “Trade Tiger Woods to the Saudi Arabians for Cheap Gas?”  One person shared, “@TigerWoods @PhilMickelson "Tiger Woods turned down an obscene amount of money to join the rival golf league backed by the Saudi Arabia government". That's the different between Tiger and Phil.  Tiger is not about money.”

The next one tweeted, “So Tiger Woods was offered close to $1B to join a Saudi backed golf association group LIV but declined. You don't cut the hand that fed you from day one.”  One posted, “Tiger Woods has shown higher ethical and moral standards than Norman and his band of traitors to support a regime like Saudi Arabia after what they did to Khashoggi.” Whereas, one user concluded, “If @TigerWoods had signed up for Saudi Golf, would the @PGATOUR ban him? Of course not. None of this is about ethics, it’s about power & money.”