Greg Norman says PGA Tour guilty of ‘deafening’ hypocrisy over LIV Series

The Australian is serving as the figurehead for the breakaway competition

LIV Golf chief Greg Norman. Photo credit: Steven Paston/PA Wire.

Greg Norman, the figurehead of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series, has defended the competition after widespread criticism from high-profile figures across the sport.

Golfers such as Norman, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson who have chosen to join the breakaway series have received criticism because of the human rights abuses carried out by the Saudi regime. In the US, the famed sportscaster Bob Costas offered a withering assessment of the LIV Series. “This is Saudi blood money,” he said last week.