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The war is over, but there’s still plenty to sort out between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour – with one major talking point being the reintegration of the so-called rebels back onto the main tour.
And in doing so, those players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour want to see that loyalty rewarded, with Jay Monahan saying himself that it would be a major priority of his to make sure that happens.
So while the likes of Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka may have to stump up some of their LIV Golf cash to get back in their Tour’s good books – those loyal remainers will want some sort of financial recompense.
Rory McIlroy was not one of those though, as he revealed during his recent epic press conference that he’d never actually been offered any money by LIV Golf.
But just how much did some of them give up to ensure they remained on the PGA Tour playing in the blue chip league at the biggest and most historic events in golf?
We don’t have definitive numbers on some with these negotiations always done in private, but some of them reportedly passed up on a small fortune…
Tiger Woods – $700-$800m
Tiger and McIlroy defended the PGA Tour
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There have been plenty of reports about just what Tiger Woods was and wasn’t offered to join LIV Golf – but Greg Norman himself said they’d offered him around $700-$00m.
“Tiger is a needle-mover and of course you have to look at the best of the best,” Norman said. “So they had originally approached Tiger before I became CEO. So, yes, that number was somewhere in that neighborhood.”
Whether Woods even entertained the offer is another story, but it wasn’t going to stop the ambitious LIV bosses from at least presenting the offer.
Tiger’s an exception of course, and has a huge wealth already so whether he’d be seeking some sort of reward for his loyalty and backing the PGA Tour remains to be seen.
Hideki Matsuyama – $400m
Matsuyama would’ve been a huge coup for LIV in Asia
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Behind Tiger nobody has seemingly been offered more money to join LIV than Hideki Matsuyama, with a reported $400m put on the table for the Japanese star.
LIV recognised that as the best Asian player in the world right now he could open up a huge market for them, but the Masters champion decided against the move having been “torn between the money and his legacy” when weighing up his options.
Jon Rahm – $400m
Two-time Major champion Rahm was offered a huge amount by LIV
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