Before Greg Norman decided to go all in on a new golf league that, eventually, transformed the sport, he sold all his property in the United States, including a home on Jupiter Island, and was preparing to move back to his native Australia.
Then the tour that would become known as LIV Golf happened. And Norman was back in the home-buying market.
Now, about two years later, Norman, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, may be looking for a buyer for that new home in Palm Beach Gardens and headed back to Australia for good.
As more details emerge of the transformational deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which owns LIV Golf, it appears Norman, the controversial public face of LIV Golf, is on the outs.
It was enough the man known as the Great White Shark was cast aside during seven weeks of negotiations between PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan’s team and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Kingdom’s PIF. Norman, 68, was clueless as to what was happening and wasn’t told of the deal until minutes before the two sides went public.
Now we’ve learned Monahan will oversee both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf when the agreement is finalized.
That means the man Norman has verbally sparred with and threatened the last year has final say on the new venture, including if any of LIV’s concepts are integrated and the reinstatement of LIV players like Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson to the PGA Tour.
More: A complete timeline of LIV Golf, leading up to PGA Tour deal
Norman’s role? Considering his motivation behind LIV was his disdain for the PGA Tour that goes back years, the likelihood he has one is remote.
According to reports, the PGA Tour will keep its name and Monahan will oversee LIV Golf while the DP World Tour is still a partner with the PGA Tour.
Yet, Norman was taking a victory lap soon after the deal was announced. According to reports he gathered employees on a conference call and telling them:
“Congratulations! You changed golf, and you did it in less than a year. There will be no operational changes in 2023, 2024, 2025 and into the future. LIV is a stand-alone entity and will continue to be that moving forward. And that comes right from the top.”
Apr 21, 2023; Adelaide, South Australia AUS; Greg Norman takes a selfie on the twelfth hole during the first round of LIV Golf Adelaide golf tournament at Grange Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Mike Frey-USA TODAY Sports
LIV remained largely irrelevant
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