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Just weeks after his exit as LIV Golf chief executive was confirmed, Greg Norman has already made his next career move. 

Norman, who turns 70 on February 10, was replaced as LIV CEO by Scott O’Neil ahead of the Saudi-backed league’s fourth season starting next week.

It was confirmed that despite taking a step back, Norman will remain involved with LIV in some capacity after his departure during a critical junction in the men’s professional game.

And while the two-time Open champion continues to closely follow LIV’s journey, he will be working on another project close to his heart in the coming years.

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Norman has been headhunted by the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for the organising committee of the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane. He will join as a board member on the 24-person panel focusing on both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

“While I wish I could wind the clock back four decade  and compete in 2032 – it is a privilege to help shape the Brisbane Games,” Norman told the Courier Mail.

“In my youth in the 70s, I worked in the golf shop at Royal Queensland, and now that course will be the home of golf at Brisbane 2032. As a proud Queenslander, it is an honour and privilege to help shape the Brisbane Games.

“We will prove our credentials as world leaders in events, sport and hospitality and create an incredible legacy for this state.”

Australian Sports Minister Anika Wells welcomed Norman’s appointment to the board.

“I look forward to drawing on his 40 years of global sporting experience and business acumen,” she said. “Norman learned to play golf in the northern suburbs of Brisbane and – as a proud Queenslander – understands our state’s sporting pride and is a passionate supporter of the Olympic and Paralympic movements.”

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Norman is certainly not showing any signs of slowing down in later life.

Away from the sporting domain, he is also being tasked with helping to broker the Australian government’s relations with the United States during Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

In 2016, Norman was asked to initiate a phone call between incoming President Trump and then Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull.

And according to the Sydney Morning Herald, his assistance has been called upon again and he will again act as a go-between now Trump is back in office.

Norman, meanwhile, was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Australian embassy in Washington DC for his contributions to his native country.


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Ben Parsons joined bunkered as a Content Producer in 2023 and is the man to come to for all of the latest news, across both the professional and amateur games. Formerly of The Mirror and Press Association, he is a member at Halifax Golf Club and is a long-suffering fan of both Manchester United and the Wales rugby team.

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