Jon Rahm finally proven right over Greg Norman as LIV Golf CEO being replaced

Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) are reportedly connected the lookout for a caller CEO to caput up the LIV Golf setup, taking implicit the relation from Greg Norman

Jon Rahm erstwhile suggested that LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman mightiness person to measurement speech for the athletics to find peace, and it present looks arsenic though the Australian mightiness conscionable beryllium doing that.

On Tuesday, Sports Business Journal reported that the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) is seeking a caller CEO to pb the LIV Golf enterprise, perchance replacing Norman. The erstwhile world fig 1 has been astatine the helm since the league's commencement 2 years ago, but helium is present expected to instrumentality connected a antithetic relation wrong the organisation.

Norman has been integral successful establishing LIV arsenic a rival to the PGA Tour implicit the past 3 seasons, but has besides stirred contention arsenic a polarising fig successful men's nonrecreational golf. Rahm, who joined the Saudi-backed circuit aft signing an eye-watering $600 cardinal woody past December, had antecedently commented connected Norman's presumption earlier his switch, hinting that removing Norman mightiness beryllium indispensable for immoderate reconciliation with the PGA Tour.

Rahm expressed his views backmost successful November 2022, noting: "I deliberation Greg has had a vendetta against the PGA Tour for a agelong time," adding "And erstwhile you person an ulterior motive, it tin unreality your judgement a small bit. Greg is simply a player, not a businessman, adjacent if helium has been palmy successful that area. To me, helium has an ulterior motive beyond conscionable creating a play tour. He's had this vengeance for 30 years.", reports the Mirror US.

"His intentions mightiness not beryllium arsenic axenic arsenic they could, which is simply a problem. So helium mightiness not beryllium the champion idiosyncratic for the job, adjacent if helium has done large things for the tour. I bash judge that, for conversations to instrumentality place, Greg mightiness request to beryllium gone. Right now, it doesn't look similar helium and Jay [Monahan, PGA Tour Commissioner] volition privation to beryllium successful the aforesaid country together."

Rahm past suggested that for the athletics to mend fences, either Norman oregon Monahan would person to measurement down, though helium expressed his backing for Monahan: "Even if they disagreed, it would person been bully to talk," the Spanish ace remarked. So to get a solution we mightiness request 1 oregon some of them gone. I anticipation not. Jay has done a large occupation for the PGA Tour."

In June, fractional a twelvemonth earlier Rahm's comments, the PGA Tour confirmed a tentative statement with PIF, featuring Monahan and Saudi person Yasir Al-Rumayyan astatine the helm of negotiations.

Subsequently, reports emerged that Norman was excluded from the arrangement, casting doubts connected his aboriginal arsenic LIV CEO. But past October, Norman dismissed immoderate proposition of his impending exit: "I knew it wasn't 'true'," helium asserted regarding the rumours from a twelvemonth prior.

"There's truthful overmuch achromatic sound moving astir retired there, I paid very, very, I really paid zero attraction to it. I cognize sitting successful this spot today, I cognize each measurement I've made has been for the close reasons, close reasons for the crippled of golf."