AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta National Golf Club chair Fred Ridley confirmed that LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman wasn't invited to attend the 87th Masters this week.
Ridley said the decision was made to ensure that attention focused on the tournament and players rather than on LIV Golf's ongoing rift with the PGA Tour.
"We did not extend an invitation to Mr. Norman," Ridley said during a news conference Wednesday. "The primary issue and the driver there is that I want the focus this week to be on the Masters competition, on the great players that are participating, the greatest players in the world, which, by our decision in December, we ensured that we were going to honor and be consistent with our invitation criteria.