One-time PGA Championship winner Wayne Grady has added his voice to the condemnation of Greg Norman‘s Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour, torching his former Presidents Cup teammate on social media.
In a furious Facebook rant uploaded to the 67-year-old’s personal account, Grady accused his peer of being on a years-long personal crusade to dismantle the authenticity of the PGA tour.
“From someone who has known Greg for 50 years, Greg is only about Greg,” he wrote on Facebook.
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“He has been trying to take down the tour for 30 years. The admiration I had for him for what he has achieved and what he did for Australian golf is gone. For him to try and trivialise what the greats before him did to grow and create what the PGA Tour is today is an absolute disgrace.
“You should hang your head in shame, Shark. I went to the memorial service of Jack Newton yesterday and was surrounded by true professional golfers who believe in loyalty and history. GFY Shark.”
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The first LIV Golf Invitational is scheduled to lead off on June 9 at Centurion Golf Club outside London.
The PGA Tour has made a strong move against it, refusing to release its players for the tournament, which may trigger legal action.
With a strong 48-man field set to take part, Norman recently promised to fight for golfers who joined the rebel tour – with Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia all rumoured to be involved.
“We’re going to back up the players, we’re going to be there for them, we’re prepared for that, whatever that is,” he said last week.
“We’re ready to go. We don’t want to go but we’re ready to go.”
Playing for a $29.1 million purse over 54 holes. The winner will receive $5.8 million — to date the richest prize in golf — while last place gets $175,000.
Norman intends to build his breakaway series into a full 14-event series by 2024.
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