Greg Norman has confirmed that it should be replaced as CEO of LIV Golfsaying it “feels good”.
Amid reports that his successor had been found, Norman was asked in an interview with Indiana news station WISH-TV if he had hoped to remain in the post he has held since the creation of the breakaway, Saudi-funded chain.
“I’ve seen it (LIV Golf) come from a business model on paper to the birth of the golf course to where it is today,” Norman said.
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“Will there be a new CEO? yes There will be a new executive director. I’m fine with that.
“Will I always have a place and be involved with LIV to some degree? yes I will always have this.
“Because of the impact that LIV made on the game of golf, I had a small, small piece of that to be proud of.”
It has been reported in recent days that LIV Golf is expected to hire former NBA and NHL executive Scott O’Neill to replace Norman, who has at times been seen as a divisive figure during the bitter battle with the PGA Tour.
But the 69-year-old Australian, a former world No1, was adamant that everyone – including the game – had benefited from the arrival of three-season old LIV Golf.
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have been trying to agree a deal since announcing a surprise “framework agreement” in June 2023.
Tiger Woods, a member of the PGA Tour’s policy board, expressed his disappointment with the talks this week, saying: “I think all of us who have been a part of this process would have thought it would have happened faster than this.
“But we’d like to have something more specific and more advanced than we are right now.
“I think something will work out. In what shape or form, I don’t know yet.
Norman said he believes golf is now “in a better place” than it was a year ago, pointing to the PGA Tour’s financing agreement with a group made up mostly of sports team owners.
“The tournament was a great thing for them (PGA Tour) as well,” Norman said in his interview with WISH-TV. “Now they have received an injection from SSG (Strategic Sports Group) of $1.5 billion. Great for the PGA Tour, great.
“So everywhere you look, in the first few years, everyone criticized us. And now suddenly everyone is trying to follow us. And I think everybody has to take a step back and say, “Oh, my God. How good was that for the game of golf?’
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