‘I begged Greg Norman to permit me be on the LIV tour’ – Previous Open champion John Daly reveals unsuccessful LIV bid

Jon Daly has unveiled that he begged LIV Golfing CEO Greg Norman for a place on his roster.

LIV has disrupted the sport, with the Saudi-backed organisation luring a host of star names with massive contracts and large purses for occasions.

The likes of Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau have jumped ship from the PGA Tour to LIV, and former Open up champion Daly – one of the most recognisable figures in golf – has revealed he requested for a piece of the motion.

“I begged Greg Norman to allow me be on the LIV tour,” Daly instructed Piers Morgan Uncensored. “Greg says he’s not undertaking any extra and I am way too old.”

Daly has admitted his bid to be part of LIV was enthusiastic by revenue.

The 56-calendar year-previous explained: “I play two to three professional-ams just about every 7 days on the Champions Tour and we don’t play for a great deal of cash so I pretty much come to feel like: ‘okay, I am not acquiring a large amount out of this. What are we doing?’

“Appear, I’d instead perform with amateurs than the pros sometimes but we have received to get compensated for that. The LIV tour is offering gamers that.

“They perform pro-ams, it’s a huge occasion, they enjoy for a great deal of revenue, which these guys that are on that tour have earned that funds. And I imagine there is a good deal of other fellas that have earned that cash. In particular this old man.”

“The Prince of Saudi Arabia is a excellent male and he’s offered so a lot money to golfers that have earned it,” Daly reported. “Nicely, there are some that are not deserving simply because I ought to be on that tour.

“I just would like every single tour would get together where by it can do the job out.”