Scott O’Neil has been appointed as the brand new chief government of LIV Golf, taking on day-to-day administration of the Saudi-funded breakaway from Greg Norman.
Norman was a divisive determine in golf’s ongoing civil warfare, with each Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods calling for him to give up.
McIlroy stated in November 2022 that Norman ought to “exit stage left” to permit the “adults” to barter a deal between golf’s warring factions.
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Norman had success in attracting among the greatest participant on the planet to LIV Golf, akin to Spain’s Jon Rahm
Two weeks later, Woods was requested whether or not LIV and golf’s conventional excursions may co-exist.
“Not right now, not with their leadership, not with Greg there and his animosity towards the tour itself. I don’t see that happening,” the 15-time main winner stated.
Saying O’Neil’s appointment on Wednesday, LIV Golf chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan stated: “On behalf of the board of administrators, we welcome Scott to the LIV Golf household, understanding he’ll capitalise on the whole lot that has been completed over the previous three years.
“Once we launched LIV Golf, there was nobody that made extra sense to guide the organisation apart from Greg Norman.
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Northern Eire’s Tom McKibbin is the newest participant closely linked to a change to LIV Golf
“I thank him for everything he has done to establish, launch and grow our league. He has been instrumental to LIV’s success.”
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