Greg Norman in September at LIV Golf’s occasion in Dallas.
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Greg Norman says he shall be changed as LIV Golf CEO, amidst reviews that the three-season-old tour has discovered his substitute.
Chatting with Andrew Chernoff of WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Norman stated he was “high quality” with transferring on from the position that he’s held since LIV’s inception in 2022. His remark got here in response to Chernoff asking if Norman had hoped to stay CEO, however Norman didn’t point out when he would go away the place.
“I’ve seen it [LIV Golf] come from a enterprise mannequin on paper to giving start on the golf course to the place it’s at present,” Norman informed Chernoff in a narrative revealed Friday to the station’s web site. “So, I’ll all the time be — is there going to be a brand new CEO? Sure. There shall be a brand new CEO. I’m high quality with that. Will I all the time have a spot and be concerned with LIV to some capability? Sure, I’ll all the time have that. As a result of the impression that has been created within the sport of golf by LIV, I’ve had a small, small piece of that, which I’m happy with.”
Norman’s remark is available in response to reviews that LIV will rent former Harris Blitzer Sports activities & Leisure CEO Scott O’Neil as its new CEO. The Sports activities Enterprise Journal’s Josh Carpenter reported late final month, through sources, that the take care of the present CEO of London-based theme park firm Merlin Entertainments was “not signed by on the 1-yard line.”
Norman talked to Chernoff whereas visiting Indianapolis prematurely of LIV taking part in a event within the metropolis subsequent 12 months. Within the story revealed to the web site, Norman additionally stated he believed that the golf was “in a greater place” than it was a 12 months in the past, citing the PGA Tour’s funding settlement with a gaggle made up primarily of sports activities crew homeowners.
“Competitors was an ideal factor for them [the PGA Tour], too,” Norman stated. “Now they acquired an injection from SSG [Strategic Sports Group] of $1.5 billion. Nice for the PGA Tour, fantastic. So in all places you look — within the first couple years, everyone was lambasting us. And now impulsively, everyone’s making an attempt to comply with us. And I believe everyone ought to take a step again and say, ‘Oh my gosh. How good has this been for the sport of golf?’”
LIV’s fourth season is predicted to start in early February in Saudi Arabia. The Indianapolis occasion is scheduled to be performed in mid-August.
Editor’s observe: To learn the article from WISH-TV — which incorporates Norman feedback about tournaments within the U.S., together with a video — please click on right here.
