Liv Golf’s new CEO Scott O’Neil started to sound a lot like former CEO Greg Norman.
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There is a new CEO at LIV Golf this year, and despite his plans to make many changes, he shares one thing in common with his predecessors: making highly dubious, even outrageous claims about the upstart league.
Scott O’Neil, longtime sports business director, is officially from Greg Norman in January Take over CEO Job. There were rumours that Norman was ousted for months.
While Norman may be a key figure in Liv Golf’s creation, his demanding, aggressive style was thin during the years of PGA Tour.
Finally, the LIV-PGA Tour deal seems to be on the verge of the brink –
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With Liv’s PGA Tour to end the dispute and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), many people think Norman is the wrong person to make peace.
PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy is a character who has been known several times in press conferences.
So when reports of Norman’s impending strike began to circulate last fall, many welcomed the news. After years of negotiations, perhaps new, less sulfuric acid CEO will help both parties reach a final agreement.
But if O’Neil’s comments made on Sunday at the Liv Golf Adelaide event prove this, the new CEO seems to be more like an old CEO than a Many people hope.
O’Neill spoke with David Feherty and others on Fox Sports’ Liv Broadcast on Saturday, and he gave up shock.
“You don’t have to look too far on our rankings to know outside of the Grand Slam, if you want to see the best players in the world, there’s only one place to see it,” O’Neal said. “That It’s in Lef.”
There is no doubt that Liv Golf has Some The best player in the world. Joaquin Niemann, who won this week’s Adelaide event, has no choice. Or Jon Rahm, who is Liv’s biggest member to date. Or popular U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau. Brooks Koepka is another former PGA Tour star who has won the pros since joining LIV. Australia’s Cameron Smith showed incredible hopes before joining LIV, including his own big win.
However, after these five players, Liv’s roster was seriously lacking in firepower. Several major winners of aging, such as Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson, are nowhere near as good as before. And only 54 players participated in the league, so there was little depth outside the top 20.
