LIV CEO, commissioner Greg Norman visiting Capitol Hill to address concerns over circuit's ties to Saudi Arabia

LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman is visiting Capitol Hill later this week to discuss the new circuit's plans and business model with lawmakers, a LIV Golf spokesperson confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

Norman, a two-time Open Championship winner, hopes to address some lawmakers' concerns about the league's controversial ties to Saudi Arabia, and the PGA Tour's alleged efforts to prevent it from becoming a legitimate rival for the best golfers in the world.

«LIV Golf is coming to the Hill this week to meet with lawmakers from both parties,» LIV Golf spokesperson Jonathan Grella told ESPN in a statement Monday. «Given the PGA Tour's attempts to stifle our progress in reimagining the game, we think it's imperative to educate members on LIV's business model and counter the Tour's anti-competitive efforts.»

On Monday, Politico first reported Norman's plans to travel to Washington.

Last week, Norman said his upstart circuit, financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, has no desire to talk with the rival PGA Tour about a truce.

Norman said he attempted to talk to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan in the past about trying to figure out how the leagues can coexist but is no longer interested in doing so.

«We have no interest in sitting down with them, to be honest with you, because our product is working,» Norman told The Australian in an interview last week.

Several past major championship winners, including Cameron Smith, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed, were lured to the new circuit with signing bonuses reportedly worth as much as $100 million to $200 million.

In a federal antitrust lawsuit filed against the PGA Tour in August, lawyers for LIV Golf and a handful of its players