Greg Norman, LIV Golf Invitational Series figurehead, fired back at the PGA Tour and commentator Bob Costas.
. “If they want to look at it in prism, then why does the PGA Tour have 23 sponsors doing 40-plus billion dollars worth of business with Saudi Arabia? Why is it OK for the sponsors? Will [PGA Tour commissioner] Jay Monahan go to each and every one of those CEOs of the 23 companies that are investing into Saudi Arabia and suspend them and ban them? The hypocrisy in all this, it’s so loud. It’s deafening.
Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa, captain of Stinger GC, is presented with the team winners trophy by Greg Norman [right], LIV Golf CEO.LIV golfers are allowed to participate in major tournaments for now, but United States Golf Association CEO Mike Whan said earlier this week that it could become much more difficult in the future.
“We’re not going anywhere; we want to do what’s right for the fans, for the players and for our commercial business model,” Norman said. “We are going to forge forward. And there’s been a lot of obstacles, no question about it. There’s been a lot of obstacles the PGA Tour’s thrown in our path, but you know what? We’ve worked around it because golf is a force for good.”
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