LIV Golf chief Greg Norman has bizarrely contradicted himself over the tour's reported $700-800million (£573m-£655m) offer to Tiger Woods.
Woods turned down the offer and has since reaffirmed his loyalty to the PGA Tour. However, Norman has now claimed the widely reported figure is "not the cash value" of the offer made to Woods, despite previously admitting it was.
In an interview with Australian outlet Fox Sports, Norman said: "To be honest, we don't comment on any past or current offers to any players, but obviously the media picks up on information, tid-bits, white noise, and they run with it.
"I just want to make sure for clarification here, the numbers that were thrown out were inclusive of future franchise value. And so if you take a look at this number that's being thrown out there ... the generational wealth that this franchise opportunity has for the individual players is incredible.
"That's how it is. It's not the cash value. We never offered that cash value to Tiger Woods. That's the reality of it."
However, his latest comments contradict his own statement when quizzed about the Woods offer by Fox News' Tucker Carlson. When asked if the $700-800million figure was correct, Norman admitted the offer was "somewhere in that neighbourhood".
He said: "That number was out there before I became CEO. That number has been out there, yes. Tiger is a needle mover.
"So of course you got to look at the best of the best. [LIV] originally approached Tiger before I became CEO so yes, that number is somewhere in that neighbourhood."
Norman also told the Washington Post in June that the deal offered to Woods was "mind-blowingly enormous; we're talking about high nine digits."
