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Greg Norman says he expects to be replaced as the chief executive of LIV Golf. <\/b><\/p>\n
The New York Times reported, external<\/span><\/a> in November that LIV Golf is set to appoint Scott O’Neil, the former chief executive of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team, as its new CEO. <\/p>\n Norman, 69, has been chief executive of the Saudi-backed outfit since October 2021.<\/p>\n The two-time Open winner told Indiana channel WISH-TV, which broadcasts LIV Golf tournaments in the United States, that he was “fine” with the change. <\/p>\n “Is there going to be a new CEO? Yes. There will be a new CEO,” said Norman.<\/p>\n Since its first season in 2022, some of the world’s top golfers have joined LIV Golf, which is financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). <\/p>\n After taking a firm stance against the breakaway circuit, the PGA Tour and European-based DP World Tour announced in June 2023 a “framework agreement”<\/a> for a merger with PIF, although no deal has yet been agreed. <\/p>\n “I’ve seen it [LIV Golf] come from a business model on paper to giving birth on the golf course to where it is today,” added Norman.<\/p>\n “Will I always have a place and be involved with LIV to some capacity? Yes. I’ll always have that.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n Norman has faced criticism for his role in the formation of LIV Golf, most notably from Northern Ireland’s four-time major winner Rory McIlroy. <\/p>\n He called for Norman to “exit stage left”<\/a> in 2022, when the tour was first formed, saying “no one’s going to talk unless there’s an adult in the room”.<\/p>\n McIlroy is a member of the PGA Tour’s transaction committee<\/a>, which is monitoring the protracted negotiations between the American-based PGA and PIF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n