Reports claim long hitter Bryson DeChambeau has been offered more than US$113 million to become the face of a planned super league golf.
There were also reports that Ian Poulter received a similar offer in the range of $20 million to $30 million and that players were being asked to sign non-disclosure agreements in their ongoing negotiations.
"Healthy competition" was what LIV Golf Investments Greg Norman said several times when he met with the press ahead of this week's Saudi International tournament on the Asian Tour.
However, Phil Mickelson's crushing comments about the PGA Tour's "obnoxious greed" that has raffled more than a few feathers.
There is no ducking the obvious that the PGA Tour's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am took a brutal hit this week with many of the top players flocking to Saudi Arabia and no amount of "concessions" from those who chased appearance fees is going to soften the blow.
Mickelson's tone has come across as self-serving and the posed picture with Norman did not go down well with the PGA Tour.
Out of Bounds: Many of Mickelson's concerns over media rights have merit and in the age of player empowerment he makes for a powerful front-man given his status as one of the game's greatest players and his popularity among fans, but there was something disingenuous and perhaps ungrateful about his demeanour.