Key LIV Golf figure addresses rumour of his demise: "Time will tell"
LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman has addressed chatter that he is set to be replaced at the breakaway tour in a wide-ranging interview.
Greg Norman has addressed the rumour that LIV Golf are shopping around for his replacement.
The two-time Open winner has been at the helm of the breakaway tour since its inception three years ago.
Throughout his time with LIV there have been multiple reports that his demise was just around the corner.
But on each and every occasion those reports have surfaced Norman has repeatedly laughed them off.
Another came to the public's attention last week, this time from SBJ's Josh Carpenter.
SBJ claimed once Norman's successor is found he would be moved upstairs to a more senior position.
Norman has now told Sports Illustrated's Bob Harig that his contract expires next August.
After that, he is not sure what his future holds.
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"My commitment to LIV has been unquestioned and my commitment into the future is also unquestioned," Norman told the publication.
"Time will tell. Will there be a change in my role? My position and my role is to deliver 2025 and get our schedule done and all the things we need to do."
Norman told SI that LIV Golf's future will be bright irrespective of a commercial agreement with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
He claimed that throughout what has transpired over the last three years he has 'taken the high road' and he just wishes that LIV Golf was accepted from the very beginning.
Norman said: "Why did it have to be that way?
"You sit back and see all the people in the industry who created this angst.
"I just wish I could go back in time and revisit the start. And knowing what they know would they have done things differently. I bet they would have."
Norman did concede that LIV are falling short, particularly with their struggles to get a TV deal.
LIV now air on The CW and stream on their app and YouTube.
"That creates uncertainty in the marketplace," he said of the subject.
"[A lot of companies say] let's see what happens. That rolls into sponsorship.
"We have an enormous number of big corporations who are talking to us and would be very keen to come on.
“Again, the question is what is going to happen with the deal? Whether it happens or it doesn’t is going to set the marketplace at ease.
"When we know what'll do and the marketplace will know how to navigate the situation. But the headwinds continue from a scheduling and venue perspective as well."
Norman, 69, said he was proud of everything he has achieved with LIV.
He has taken a lot of heat but he always knew that would be the case.
"You can't run through a brick wall without getting bloody," he said.
"I knew when I took the job I knew what it would be to some degree."
He added: "[But] I didn't expect the hostility, the hatred, the disdain, whatever was thrown at us.
"I've said to take the high road and be true to yourself.
"We have conversations going out five years, so you don't think about hitting that brick wall. It hurts.
"But when you get through it you can see where we are going."
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