- Launched by Greg Norman in November 1994.
- Executive John Montgomery Jr.
- Broadcast rights bought by Fox Television (Rupert Murdoch).
- Planned 8 (later reduced to 6) $3 million tournaments ($600,000 to the winner), with $1 million bonus to the year's leading player.
- Tim Finchem vowed to enforce the PGA Tour's conflicting release and television policies to prevent players from competing.
- Resulted in the foundation of the International Federation of PGA Tours in 1996 and the creation of the World Golf Championships.
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- ^ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-19-sp-64700-story.html
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/03/sports/norman-supports-new-tour.html
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/11/19/norman-golfing-for-greed-in-plans-for-world-tour/9a1e4fbf-87b6-4944-9f00-0b9414c9a28b/
- ^ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-01-sp-3765-story.html
- ^ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-09-sp-51961-story.html
- ^ https://www.si.com/golf/news/feature-2019-11-14-a-man-and-an-idea-ahead-of-their-time
- ^ https://www.si.com/golf/news/feature-2020-02-02-greg-norman-likes-chances-of-world-golf-tour
- ^ https://thefriedegg.com/world-golf-championships-origins/