{"id":31333,"date":"2025-01-17T17:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=31333"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:25:09","slug":"jon-rahm-liv-golf-greg-norman-exit-scott-oneil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jon-rahm-liv-golf-greg-norman-exit-scott-oneil\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm Backs New LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil To Succeed As Greg Norman’s Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two-time major champion Jon Rahm believes new LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil will succeed as Greg Norman’s replacement.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Spaniard feels that replacing Norman with O’Neil means there will be ‘a less threatening image’ as there was ‘too much bad blood’ between the PGA Tour and Greg Norman.<\/p>\n Following his exit as LIV Golf CEO, Greg Norman<\/a> has been replaced by Scot O’Neil as the new face of the Saudi Arabia-backed rival golf tour to the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n There has been a lot of talk about the replacement, particularly amongst players such as Rory McIlroy, who thinks Norman’s exit is ‘probably a good move’<\/a> for the sport of golf.<\/p>\n Another man who has welcomed the decision to replace Greg Norman as LIV Golf CEO with O’Neil is LIV’s standout name Jon Rahm<\/a>. The two-time major champion believes the replacement of Norman with Scott O’Neil is a positive move and will help ongoing talks with the DP World and PGA Tour.<\/p>\n Greg Norman certainly created a big splash in the sport of golf<\/a> in his role as chief disruptor, but now seems like the right time to replace the Australian according to Rahm<\/a>. The Spaniard believes there was too much ‘bad blood’ between Norman and the PGA Tour, with O’Neil a far ‘less threatening image’ for the golfing landscape.<\/p>\n Removing Norman from the picture completely and replacing him with a man with vast experience as an executive in major US sports is most definitely a good move. These sentiments are shared by some of Rahm’s peers at LIV Golf as well as himself.<\/p>\n Rahm, who will go into all four majors in 2025 as one of the favourites with the best sports betting apps<\/a>, believes that Norman moving more into the background can help the relationship between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour, helping heal the divide in professional golf once and for all.<\/p>\n The two-time major championship winner is of the opinion that there was too much animosity between Greg Norman and PGA Tour officials, with the new appointment of Scott O’Neil as the new LIV Golf CEO nothing but a positive move.<\/p>\n “I think, unfortunately, there’s been a little bit, possibly a little too much bad blood between Greg [Norman] and maybe the governing bodies, and to have somebody outside of that might help the situation,”<\/em> Rahm said after missing the cut at the Dubai Desert Classic.<\/p>\nJon Rahm Backs Scott O’Neil To Succeed As New LIV Golf CEO Following Greg Norman Exit<\/h2>\n
Jon Rahm: O’Neil Provides A ‘Less Threatening Image’ Than Greg Norman<\/h3>\n