Phil Mickelson’s comments about the Saudi Golf League brought a lot of attention to the highly-criticized upstart league.
, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm, who affirmed their commitment to the PGA Tour. According to Norman, at least 30 percent of the world’s top players had committed to the league before Mickelson’s comments.
“We had enough players in our strength of field, or minimal viable product, ready to come on board. And when all of that happened, everybody got the jitters, and the PGA Tour threatened people with lifetime bans and stuff like that,” he said. “To this day, we still have players under contract and signed,” Norman added. “The ones who wanted to get out because of the pressure of the PGA Tour gave back their money and got out. Guys had money in their pockets.”WME IMG via Getty Images
Despite this, Norman claims LIV Golf still has more than 200 registration requests for its first tournament — including one from Mickelson, who isaccording to his agent — which will take place in London from July 9-11. He added that this list includes around 15 of the current world top 100 and two players who were formerly ranked No. 1. Forty-eight players will compete in teams of 12 at Centurion Golf Club.
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