Spirits have not calmed down in the bloody battle between the traditional golf circuits and the Arab Super League. The former world no 1 Greg Normannow top boss of LIV Golfsaid on Wednesday that the world ranking would be “insignificant” if its top officials refused to award points to golfers participating in the Super League, which is funded by Saudi Arabia.
“It will make the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) obsolete if they don’t agree to award points to LIV Golf participants,” Norman told The Age newspaper in Australia.
“If they wake up at the end of the year and Dustin Johnson (one of the cracks to join the Super League) is 102nd in the world, don’t you think you’ll make them laugh?” added ‘white shark’ .
According to the 67-year-old Australian champion, winner of two British Opens, those responsible for the PGA Tour “have two paths: they can fold or they can introduce LIV to the world rankings. Let’s continue.”
The golf world has been torn for months over the creation of this Saudi Arabian-funded ‘dissident’ circuit, which has been joined by several PGA Tour stars, such as Dustin Johnson, but also Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Henrik Stenson, Patrick Reed and, more recently, one of the rising stars, the Australian cameron smithworld number two at the time of the announcement and current British champion, at Saint Andrews.
In order to attract as many high level players as possible to the tour the 8 tournaments (now 2022) established a prize pool of 25 million dollars per event. In response, the PGA Tour announced last month that it would put more prize money up for grabs. It also decided to exclude players from LIV tournaments, a decision that is being challenged in US courts by some players and the Super League.
In his interview, Greg Norman also urged the organizers of the four Grand Slams on the professional circuit (British Open, Masters, US Open and US PGA) not to follow the same path as the PGA Tour. “They have no right to tell them what to do. They (tournaments) are independent,” the ‘aussie’ said.
Source: La Verdad
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