‘There shall be a brand new CEO. I’m advantageous with that.’

Greg Norman says he shall be changed as LIV Golf CEO, amidst experiences that the three-season-old tour has discovered his alternative. 

Chatting with Andrew Chernoff of WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Norman stated he was “advantageous” with transferring on from the function 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 depart the place. 

“I’ve seen it [LIV Golf] come from a enterprise mannequin on paper to giving beginning on the golf course to the place it’s at this time,” Norman instructed Chernoff in a narrative printed Friday to the station’s web site. “So, I’ll at all times be — is there going to be a brand new CEO? Sure. There shall be a brand new CEO. I’m advantageous with that. Will I at all times have a spot and be concerned with LIV to some capability? Sure, I’ll at all times 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 pleased with.”

Norman’s remark is available in response to experiences 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, by way of sources, that the cope with 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 enjoying a match within the metropolis subsequent yr. Within the story printed to the web site, Norman additionally stated he believed that the golf was “in a greater place” than it was a yr in the past, citing the PGA Tour’s funding settlement with a gaggle made up primarily of sports activities workforce homeowners. 

“Competitors was a terrific factor for them [the PGA Tour], too,” Norman stated. “Now they bought an injection from SSG [Strategic Sports Group] of $1.5 billion. Nice for the PGA Tour, great. So in all places you look — within the first couple years, everyone was lambasting us. And now abruptly, everyone’s making an attempt to comply with us. And I feel 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.  

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