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Jack Nicklaus gets $50 million over false LIV Golf defamation claims
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Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus was awarded $50 million by a Florida jury after he sued Nicklaus Corporations, his former firm funded by billionaire Howard Milstein, for defamation.
The 18-time champion sued the corporate after it claimed Nicklaus was contemplating a $750 million deal to affix LIV Golf and was not mentally able to managing his enterprise affairs.
Nicklaus met with the Saudis in 2021, however mentioned he believes they’ve turned down provides twice Sports illustrated.
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Jack Nicklaus talks to his attorneys throughout a break in closing arguments in Choose Reid P. Scott II’s courtroom at Choose Daniel TK Hurley’s courthouse in West Palm Seaside, Florida, on October 20, 2025. (THOMAS CORDY/PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Photos)
“I used to be provided one thing like over 100 million {dollars} by the Saudis to do work that’s in all probability just like the work that Greg does,” Nicklaus mentioned on the time. “I turned it down. As soon as verbally, as soon as in writing. I mentioned, ‘Guys, I’ve to remain on the PGA Tour. I helped begin the PGA Tour.'”
The lawsuit said that Nicklaus “had little interest in the provide and declined as a result of he felt the PGA Tour was an essential a part of his legacy, and if the PGA was not in favor of a brand new competitors, he didn’t wish to be concerned.” according to ESPN.
Jack Nicklaus speaks to the media previous to the Memorial Match introduced by Workday at Muirfield Village Golf Membership on June 4, 2024 in Dublin, Ohio. (Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR by way of Getty Photos)
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“These are the individuals who planted a narrative,” Nicklaus’ lawyer, Eugene Stearns, mentioned in his closing argument by way of the Palm Beach Post. “The story is a lie. … What they wished to create within the minds of the general public is that Jack Nicklaus is an previous man who bought out to the Saudis.”
The Palm Seaside Publish mentioned the jury discovered the defendants unfold false data that broken Nicklaus’ fame and led to “ridicule, hatred, mistrust, mistrust or contempt.”
“It is all the time tough in a defamation case to show injury to fame as a result of, particularly for a man like Jack, it is all the time such an excellent factor,” Stearns added in a commentary to ESPN. “However I believe what was essential was the dispute that arose three and a half years in the past when the corporate instructed the world that Jack was promoting out the PGA Tour for Saudi golf, when that wasn’t true. So we’re pleased that Jack has been confirmed proper.”
Jack Nicklaus stands on the 18th gap throughout the closing spherical of the Memorial Match introduced by Workday. (Aaron Doster/Imagn Photos)
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Nicklaus, 85, is extensively considered certainly one of, if not the best, golfers of all time, with a complete of 73 occasions received. His 18 majors are probably the most ever: three greater than Tiger Woods, who’s tied with Sam Snead for probably the most PGA wins with 82.
Nicklaus’ final main was the 1986 Masters, which he received 24 years after his first.
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