LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil has lifted the lid on the league’s next chapter, revealing an ambitious plan to raise $US300 million while openly expressing his desire for Australian investors to help shape the future of the breakaway circuit.
Australian golf star Cameron Smith has shut down retirement talk with a laugh, declaring: “I’ve got a while yet,” while insisting he’s been given “every assurance” LIV Golf isn’t going anywhere.
In the wake of a The Wall Street Journal report confirming Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will step away from funding LIV Golf from 2027 onwards, the sport finds itself back in familiar territory. Speculation. Noise. Half-truths. Strategic leaks. And not a lot of formal clarity from LIV Golf itself, which, in fairness, is very on brand.
For years the script around LIV Golf has been depressingly predictable. Sell-out. Saudi money. Career suicide. Talented young players taking the cheque and torching their futures.
Keeping an unusually low media profile during the opening events of his divisive LIV Golf Invitational Series, Greg Norman is finally ready to do the talking. In a wide-ranging interview with Australian Golf Digest, The Shark explains how golf found itself in conflict, what it all means for countries like Australia, and why his second attempt at globalising the pro circuit will end differently to the first.
So, how was it for you? Did the earth move? Or was an underwhelming feeling of “meh” the prevailing aftertaste after three days of no-cut, guaranteed money tournament golf at The Centurion Club north of London?
Australian Golf Digest
