- Greg Norman has led the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour since its inception in 2021
- The former world number one has been one of the most divisive figures in golf’s civil war.
- The Great White Shark confirmed that he will be replaced as executive director of the tour
Greg Norman has confirmed he will be replaced as chief executive of LIV Golf and said he is “ok with that”.
Amid reports that his successor had been found, Norman was asked in an interview with Indiana news television station WISH-TV if he expected to remain in the position he held since the start of the Saudi-funded separatist circuit. Saudi.
“I’ve seen it (LIV Golf) go from a business model on paper to birth on the golf course to where it is today,” Norman said.
‘Is there going to be a new CEO? Yes. There will be a new general director. I’m fine with that.
‘Will I always have a place and be involved with LIV to some extent? Yes. I will always have that.
“Because of the impact LIV has created on the game of golf, I’ve had a small part of that, which I’m proud of.”
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman (pictured) has revealed the controversial league will soon have a new leader
The former world number one has been one of the most divisive figures in golf’s civil war.
It has been reported in recent days that LIV Golf is expected to hire former NBA and NHL executive Scott O’Neil to replace Norman, who was at times seen as a divisive figure during the bitter battle with the PGA Tour.
But the 69-year-old Australian, a former world number one, insisted everyone, including the sport, has benefited from the arrival of the three-season LIV Golf.
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have been trying to negotiate a deal since announcing a surprise ‘framework agreement’ in June 2023.
PGA Tour board member Tiger Woods expressed frustration with this week’s talks, saying, “I think all of us who have been part of this process would have thought it would have happened faster than this.”
‘But we wish we had had something more concrete and more advanced than we are now.
‘I think something will be done. In what way, I still don’t know.
Norman says he will remain involved in the separatist tour
Norman said he believed golf was already “in a better place” than it was a year ago, pointing to the PGA Tour’s funding agreement with a group made up primarily of sports team owners.
“The competition was also a great thing for them (the PGA Tour),” Norman said in his interview with WISH-TV. ‘Now they received an injection from SSG (Strategic Sports Group) of $1.5 billion. Great for the PGA Tour, wonderful.
“So everywhere you look, in the first two years, everyone was criticizing us. And now, suddenly, everyone is trying to follow us. And I think everyone should take a step back and say, ‘Oh my God.’ How good has this been for the game of golf?