‘I’m fine with that’: Greg Norman confirms he will be replaced as LIV Golf chief executive

Greg Norman has been the chief antagonist as boss of LIV Golf, but the Aussie legend has confirmed huge news about his role.

Greg Norman’s tenure as LIV Golf chief executive is coming to an end, with the Australian legend confirming he’s “fine” with being replaced at the top of the controversial breakaway tour.

The former world No.1 has been in charge since 2021 and has been front and centre of the tension between the PGA and LIV tours.

“I’ve seen (LIV) come from a business model on paper to giving birth on the golf course to where it is today,” he told Indiana news TV station WISH-TV.

“Is there going to 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 to some capacity? Yes. I’ll always have that. 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.”

Greg Norman has confirmed he will be replaced as LIV Golf chief executive. Picture: David Cannon/Getty Images

Former NBA and NHL executive Scott O’Neil is expected to replace Norman at the top, with a deal between the respective tours still being worked on after a framework agreement was signed in June 2023.

Norman has served as golf’s disrupter by signing top players on huge deals to the Saudi-backed league and is proud of what he’s achieved.

“Everywhere you look – in the first couple years, everybody was lambasting us,” he said.

“And now all of a sudden, everybody’s trying to follow us. And I think everybody should take a step back and say, ‘Oh my gosh. How good has this been for the game of golf?’”

Negotiations for the deal are ongoing, with PGA tour policy board member Tigers Woods fed up by the slow process.

“I think all of us who have been a part of this process would have thought it would have happened quicker than this,” he said.

“But we wish we would have had something more concrete and further along than we are right now. I think something will get done. In what form or shape, I don’t know yet.”

Originally published as ‘I’m fine with that’: Greg Norman confirms he will be replaced as LIV Golf chief executive