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Greg Norman on LIV Golf tenure: 'Don't judge me'
Greg Norman said he is proud of what he accomplished as the CEO of LIV Golf and that PGA Tour players have benefitted from the Saudi-backed league.,Norman, who stepped down from LIV Golf last month, called his time with the league "mission accomplished" in an interview with Australian Golf Digest.,"...
Greg Norman officially steps down from LIV Golf
Greg Norman, the first CEO of LIV Golf, has officially moved on from the Saudi-backed tour.,"After four unforgettable years, I have officially closed out my time with LIV Golf, and reflecting with nothing but gratitude, pride and achievement," Norman posted Wednesday on Instagram.,"Together, we buil...
LIV CEO: Greg Norman is 'a gift,' remains on board of directors
Greg Norman remains on LIV Golf's board of directors despite losing his spot last month as the upstart circuit's CEO and commissioner to Scott O'Neil.,O'Neil made the announcement on the Shark's status Wednesday in Adelaide, Australia, where the second LIV Golf tournament of the season tees off at T...
Greg Norman joins board for '32 Brisbane Olympics
Golfing great Greg Norman is joining the organizing board for the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane, Australia.,Norman, who hails from Queensland, Australia, is a two-time Open champion (1986, 1993) and former CEO of LIV Golf. "The Shark" held the latter position until earlier this month when it was ...
Greg Norman: 'I'd win' LIV-PGA debate vs. Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods
Greg Norman said he'd win a debate with Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods on the topic of how those PGA Tour marquee names benefited financially from the upstart new circuit.,Norman served as LIV Golf's commissioner and CEO upon its inception before being replaced by Scott O'Neil last week. ,Woods public...
LIV Golf names Scott O’Neil new CEO
LIV Golf named Scott O'Neil its new CEO on Wednesday, a role he will begin immediately. ,O'Neil replaces Greg Norman, who will hand off day-to-day duties to O'Neil but remain with the upstart series. ,"On behalf of the Board of Directors, we welcome Scott to the LIV Golf family, knowing he will capi...
Report: LIV Golf replacing Greg Norman with Scott O'Neil
LIV Golf is replacing CEO and commissioner Greg Norman with former NHL and NBA executive Scott O'Neil, ESPN reported Wednesday.,A spokesman for LIV Golf declined ESPN's request for comment.,Norman, 69, told Sports Illustrated last month that his contract was scheduled to end in August 2025. He helpe...
Report: LIV seeking to replace Greg Norman as CEO
The Saudi Public Investment Firm is reportedly interested in moving Greg Norman out of the position of LIV Golf CEO, though not out of the golf league's offices entirely.,The PIF has contracted a London-based search firm to find a new CEO to succeed Norman in the role, Sports Business Journal report...
PGA finalizes $3B agreement with Strategic Sports Group
The PGA Tour and Strategic Sports Group have finalized a $3 billion deal to create a new for-profit operation called PGA Tour Enterprises. ...
Blood-money sellout claims pending LIV-PGA merger is for the 'good of fans'
Bryson DeChambeau, one of the PGA defectors who took the Saudi blood money to join LIV, thinks the impending merger of the two organizations is what golf fans are clamoring for....
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Jon Rahm takes LIV handout [Updated]
Update Dec. 7: Rahm has officially joined the Saudi Tour. ESPN, citing sources, said the deal is believed to be three-plus years, and reportedly worth more than $300 million....
Saudi League soccer and Fox Sports: A match made in apathy
There are several analogies that could be used to illustrate the hubris of Fox Sports partnering with the Saudi Pro League, and as easy as it would be to use the retirement tours of big name soccer stars, and the marginal effect they’ve had on MLS here in the states, Lionel Messi is on a barnstormin...
Phil Mickelson has apparently been gambling with his legacy for some time, to the tune of $1 billion
Oh, Phil. Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil. How are you greasing your way out of this one? PGA fan favorite-turned-LIV wrestling heel Phil Mickelson is in the news again for his gambling habits. In an upcoming book by Billy Walters, the professional gambler alleges Lefty wagered more than $1 billion, wi...
Saudi Arabian money is bleeding into the sports world
In 2017, one of the top chess players in the world announced she wasn’t going to play at the World Championships this year in Saudi Arabia. Anna Muzychuk cited the conditions that women would have to play in on her Facebook post, she explained she didn’t want to be accompanied by a man when she trav...
Rand Paul’s thoughts on Black athletes reflects the GOP’s company line
It’s not exactly a revelation to discover that white conservatives identify more with the PGA Tour than the NBA. It’s become part of their doctrine to attack the largely black National Basketball Association for just about anything. So we shouldn’t be shocked that one of their most prominent members...
NewCo is a perfect nondescript moniker for the PGA Tour-LIV partnership
If you were looking for evidence of the PGA Tour’s reluctance to partner with the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, just take a gander at the new name of the proposed new company. May I present to you: NewCo. It’s as if one, if not all sides, said “Let’s get this over” before hashing out the deta...
Screw a PGA Tour card, let me get that tax-exempt status
The recent turmoil on the PGA Tour is enough to give a guy acid reflux, but who can blame them? They tried to concede defeat to the LIV Tour only to spark the government intervention they’d hoped would happen when Greg Norman was poaching their best players, and now that sloppiness and spotlight mig...
US Open pits the face of the PGA against one of LIV's top blood money takers
The merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf Tour doesn’t have to wait long to see some corporate synergy, as one of the PGA’s four major tournaments, the US Open, tees off this week in California. Possibly the biggest cash cow on each side of the debate won’t have to wait long to get reacquainted w...
PGA Tour commish Jay Monahan eating his words after LIV merger
Oh to be in that room when Jay Monahan had to look the players on the PGA Tour in the face on Tuesday. The chainsaw from Scarface couldn’t have cut the tension in that room. A room of the players who weren’t offered hundreds of millions of dollars of Saudi Arabian Money — or worse, were offered but ...
Michael Block killed golf
It’s not a coincidence that the day after Michael Block failed to qualify for the US Open, the PGA Tour panic merged with its alleged arch-nemesis LIV. There was a star vacuum left once Greg Norman and obscene sums of money convinced a lot of big names to defect to the LIV Tour. I don’t have to go t...