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Norman said the offer was made before the Australian was named
chief of the controversial series, which is bankrolled by Saudi
Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
"That number was out there before I became CEO. So that number
has been out there, yes," two-times major winner Norman said in
an interview that aired on Monday night.
"Look, Tiger is a needle mover, right? So, of course you're got
to look at the best of the best. They had originally approached
Tiger before I became CEO. That number is somewhere in that
($700-800 million) neighbourhood."
LIV Golf has signed several marquee players for the series,
including Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau,
but 15-times major champion Woods has stayed committed to the
PGA Tour.
Former world number one Woods said before last month's British
Open that he disagreed with the decision by players to join the
LIV Series and compared the circuit, which features huge
guaranteed contracts and a 54-hole format, to the senior
Champions Tour.
"I think that what they've done is they've turned their back on
what has allowed them to get to this position," he said.
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in New Delhi; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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