Karrie Webb did not mince her words. The Hall of Fame golfer was asked on Wednesday if she was still devastated at recent comments made by her former golfing idol Greg Norman about human rights atrocities in Saudi Arabia.

Last month, Webb tweeted she felt “the little girl in me died” when fellow Australian Norman appeared to brush off the Saudi Arabian regime’s involvement in the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Norman, the chief executive of the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf series, said in an interview last month that “we all make mistakes” when he was asked about the country’s human rights atrocities.

“No … she’s still well and truly dead,” Webb said on Wednesday during an interview with Golf Channel hosts Eamon Lynch and Damon Hack. Webb was at the LPGA Tour’s ShopRite Classic in New Jersey.

Webb, whose seven Major championships are the most by any golfer from Australia, grew up idolising Norman. She credits watching him at the 1986 Queensland Open as the moment she decided to dedicate her life to becoming a pro golfer.

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Webb won 41 times on the LPGA Tour and was a driving force in the circuit’s rise in popularity. The Queenslander was also asked if she feared a splintering in women’s professional golf, similar to the men’s game.

On Wednesday, reports revealed Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed were set to join LIV Golf alongside stars such as Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson, both of whom are teeing up at the rival league’s opening event in London this week.

The 47-year-old Webb said she did indeed fear it, but understood cash-strapped younger female pros needing to take money from Saudi Arabia’s interest in golf. The country already is involved with women’s golf, including through the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund, which is the regime’s investment arm.

“I think it’s really hard because you want as many women to have the opportunity to play the game, but as women, I feel like we should be standing with all women and the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia, we shouldn’t be supporting that,” Webb said.

“I feel for for younger players who might lose opportunities over there or who feel the need to go there. I understand that. I think if I was a younger player, with no money in my pocket, I would probably be going but from my standpoint, and the age I’m at I feel like as women to need to stand together.”