After Failing to Recruit Rory McIlroy, $400M Worth LIV Chief Greg Norman Gets Critical About the 4-Time Major Winner: ‘Don’t Begrudge the Other Players’

Greg Norman has been successful in luring out the best players from the PGA Tour to join his Saudi circuit. His money-oriented strategies and short game schedules have worked for most players. But some are still not ready to give up their PGA Tour legacies. And one of these players is Rory McIlroy, who even made a few statements against the LIV Golf rebels. Norman recently responded to those McIlroy’s statements.

What did Rory McIlroy say about the LIV Golf players?

According to McIlroy, the LIV Golf league is responsible for building a division between men’s golf. He said that LIV Golf has “ripped it apart, which is unfortunate.” He also talked about the possibility of bringing the players back together. But added that looking at how things were at the moment, the possibilities of a merger were null.

McIlroy has been a loyal supporter of the PGA Tour since the time he joined. And he recently made another statement about the LIV Golf players playing at the BMW PGA Championship. After realizing that he was going to face them at the tournament, McIlroy didn’t take the news well.

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He said, “It’s a hard one for me to stomach…18 of those guys are going to be playing in the same field,”. He even said that he didn’t want to be a part of the championship. But owing to his loyalty to the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour, he had to play.

What did Greg Norman say about McIlroy’s stance against LIV Golf?

Greg Norman’s response to McIlroy’s statements pointed towards the golfer’s own alleged hypocritical decisions. McIlroy mentioned how LIV Golf players were doing the wrong thing by joining the new league and leaving the PGA Tour. But Greg Norman turned McIlroy’s statements back on him.

Norman said, “Remember, Rory started on the European tour. Then Rory decided to leave the European tour to go play where all the money is, where I went to play, to the PGA Tour.” According to the LIV CEO, McIlroy did the same thing he is accusing the LIV players of doing today. Norman added, “Don’t begrudge the other players for making a decision”.

Norman also talked about the people who stood up against the LIV Golf league and said that their “hypocrisy” was “ridiculous”. He once revealed how a Saudi-based company was one of the biggest sponsors of the LPGA Tour. However, McIlroy still stands strong by his statements and is not in favor of the LIV Golf league.

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