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Greg Norman has reignited his war of wards with Tiger Woods, claiming the 15-time major winner was a 'mouthpiece' for the PGA who ignored the reality of LIV Golf.
The breakaway tour and the PGA have been at loggerheads since the former arrived onto the scene amid much fanfare and controversy last year.
Bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), LIV Golf has relied on nine-figure sums to lure some of the game's brightest stars away from the PGA Tour, placing further strain on an already acrimonious relationship.
Greg Norman has accused Tiger Woods of being a 'mouthpiece' for the PGA
In November Woods suggested Norman would have to walk away from the LIV Golf if there was to be any prospect of peace between golf’s warring factions.
But the Australian, who serves as LIV Golf chief executive, hit back on Sunday.
'[Woods] doesn’t know the facts […] because, obviously, I’m still here,' Norman said on Fox News's One Nation with Brian Kilmeade.
'Just making those comments, I think, is an indication that he might be a bit of a mouthpiece for the PGA Tour to try and do – to get us to create – or get turmoil, create it internally within LIV.
Woods said in November that Norman would have to step down if LIV and the PGA Tour were to end their feud and bridge the gap between them
'But it’s not happening. We are fully entrenched. We know where we’re going. We know what we’re doing.'
In September, Norman insisted he had no intention to offer an olive branch to the PGA Tour and to LIV's critics.
Since its inception, the breakaway tour has been accused of being a 'sportswashing' vehicle for Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
The players who have defected to LIV, meanwhile, have been
