Golf-Norman accuses PGA Tour of bully tactics over Saudi league


  • Golf
  • Friday, 25 Feb 2022

FILE PHOTO: World Golf Hall of Famer, Australian Greg Norman, poses with the newly-announced Greg Norman Medal in Sydney, September 14, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

(Reuters) - Greg Norman, the frontman for the proposed Super Golf League, on Thursday accused PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan of "bullying" and stressed that he cannot legally ban players who join the Saudi-funded breakaway circuit.

Monahan has reportedly informed players that they could be stripped of their PGA Tour membership if they go after the lucrative paydays being dangled in front of them by the SGL, a position former world number one Norman took issue with.

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