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World No.1's bombshell Norman ultimatum - CtrlF.XYZ

World No.1's bombshell Norman ultimatum

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Rory McIlroy remains hopeful that the fractured authorities of play betwixt established tours and Saudi-funded LIV Golf tin heal. He said that astir apt won’t hap until 2 lawsuits are decided and Greg Norman is nary longer progressive successful LIV Golf.

“I deliberation Greg needs to go. I deliberation helium conscionable needs to exit signifier left,” McIlroy said astatine the DP World Tour Championship successful Dubai. “He’s made his mark, but I deliberation present is the close clip to benignant of say, ‘Look, you’ve got this happening disconnected the ground, but nary 1 is going to speech unless there’s an big successful the country that tin really effort to mend fences.’

“But close now, it’s a stalemate due to the fact that determination can’t beryllium immoderate different way.”

The Daily Telegraph reported past week that Norman would beryllium moving distant from his relation arsenic commissioner and CEO and that LIV Golf was pursuing Mark King, who formerly ran TaylorMade and present is CEO of Taco Bell. Majed Al Sorour, CEO of the Saudi Golf Federation, denied the report.

LIV Golf is present the pb plaintiff successful an antitrust suit against the PGA Tour, with a proceedings day scheduled for January 2024 if it goes that far. Courts successful the United Kingdom are expected to regularisation successful February whether the European circuit tin punish players for joining LIV Golf.

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It was the latest barb McIlroy has tossed astatine Norman, dating to McIlroy gleefully pointing retired successful his TV interrogation successful June aft helium won the Canadian Open that helium had much vocation PGA Tour wins than Norman.

What mightiness person prompted the latest remark was Norman’s interrogation successful Australia connected Monday, during which it was announced that LIV Golf would beryllium playing successful Adelaide adjacent April.

Norman was talking astir the worth contention brings to concern and athletics erstwhile helium mentioned however PGA Tour players are benefiting from LIV Golf, chiefly done a $148 cardinal “Player Impact Program” that has doubled successful size successful effect to the LIV threat.

The PGA Tour besides has 12 elevated events starting adjacent twelvemonth that mean $30 cardinal successful prize money.

“Every PGA Tour subordinate should beryllium thanking LIV, including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, due to the fact that the PIP programme wouldn’t person been accrued without LIV,” Norman said. “Prize wealth wouldn’t person been accrued without LIV, each these different things that person been introduced by the PGA Tour due to the fact that of LIV. Competition is the champion happening successful life, successful concern and successful sport. LIV is not going to spell anywhere.”

McIlroy would beg to differ.

“I’ve said this a cardinal times: Tiger is the crushed that we are playing for arsenic overmuch arsenic we are playing for,” McIlroy said. “Tiger is the crushed that stature of our crippled is wherever it is. The procreation of Tiger and the procreation coming aft Tiger person each benefited from him and his achievements and what he’s done for the crippled of golf.

“I don’t deliberation Tiger should beryllium thankful to anyone for anything. I deliberation everyone other successful the crippled should beryllium thankful.”

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