Greg Norman confirms he is OUT as LIV Golf CEO

Rumours about Greg Norman’s future as the CEO and commissioner of the LIV Golf League have raged for weeks, if not months.

Now, they’ve been made official by the man himself.

Speaking to WISH-TV, the two-time major champion has confirmed his time at the helm of the Saudi-funded circuit is almost up.

“I’ve seen [LIV Golf] come from a business model on paper to giving birth on the golf course to where it is today,” said Norman. “So, I will always be… Is there going to be a new CEO? Yes. There will be a new CEO. I’m fine with that.

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“Will I always have a place and be involved with LIV to some capacity? Yes. I’ll always have that. Because the impact that has been created in the game of golf by LIV, I’ve had a small, small piece of that, which I’m proud of.”

It has been reported that LIV has earmarked former Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment CEO Scott O’Neil as the man to take over but Norman says he is proud of his tenure, insisting that “the game is in a much better place today than it was a year ago”.

“Competition was a great thing for [the PGA Tour] too,” he added. “Now they got an injection from SSG (Strategic Sports Group) of $1.5 billion. Great for the PGA Tour, wonderful.

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“So everywhere you look – In the first couple years, everybody was lambasting us. And now all of a sudden, everybody’s trying to follow us.

“And I think everybody should take a step back and say, ‘Oh my gosh. How good has this been for the game of golf?’

“The United States has been a tough market to penetrate for the last three years because we have had a lot of head winds.

“But, now, people are understanding the product that we are in the rightful place. We want to co-exist within the golf ecosystem, which we are showing everybody.”

Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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