Greg Norman has visited Indiana to inspect the course that will host a LIV Golf tournament next year and has admitted to a local television station that he is stepping aside in the organisation. “Will there be a new CEO at LIV Golf? Yes,” he admitted emphatically.
Norman made these statements during his visit to The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield, which will host a Saudi league tournament for the first time. It will be the LIV Golf Indianapolis and will take place from 15 to 17 August. There, he confirmed that he will step down as CEO of the organisation, although he also stated that he will remain connected to LIV in some way forever. However, he did not clarify what his next role will be.
“I have seen LIV Golf go from being just a business model written on paper to a reality on the golf course,” Norman noted. “So I will always be… Will there be a new CEO? Yes, there will be a new CEO. I’m fine with that. Will I always have a place and be involved with LIV in some way? Yes. I always will be. Because LIV has had a great impact on golf and I have had a small, small part of that, of which I am proud,” he added.
Norman maintains his theory that the end justifies the means. He does not give importance to the division that has been created in golf and simply highlights what, in his opinion, has been positive. “It has been something good for the PGA Tour as well. They have now received a $1.5 billion cash injection from SSG. This is great for the PGA Tour, wonderful. In the first two years, everyone was against us. And now, suddenly, everyone is trying to follow us. And I think everyone should take a step back and say: ‘My God, how good has this been for the game of golf?'”
In his account, Norman intentionally omits that without the existence of LIV Golf, the PGA Tour would not have put its financial situation at risk and, therefore, would not have had to turn to an external investor to compete with the Saudis. According to the Australian, “golf is now in a much better place than it was a year ago,” something that, according to many fans, the majority, is highly debatable.
To date, there are three LIV Golf tournaments scheduled in the United States for the 2025 season: LIV Golf Dallas in June, LIV Golf Chicago and LIV Golf Indianapolis in August. Regarding LIV and the United States, Norman admitted that “it has been a difficult market to conquer in the last three years because we have faced many headwinds. But now, people are understanding the product and know that we are in the right place. We want to coexist within the golf ecosystem and we are showing everyone. Our product has a tremendous economic impact on the area.” However, there is currently no major television contract in the United States to support it.
