Greg Norman to be fired as LIV Golf CEO, per PGA Tour Senate hearings

Based on PGA Tour Chief Working Officer Ron Worth, Greg Norman will depart his put up as LIV Golf CEO ought to the tour’s settlement with the Saudi Arabian Public Funding Fund (PIF) undergo.

“If we attain a definitive settlement, we is not going to have a spot for that kind of place,” Worth stated Tuesday.

Worth famous that Norman may transfer into a distinct capability ought to the stakeholders finalize the settlement.

Worth and PGA Tour Coverage Board Member Jimmy Dunne appeared earlier than the Senate Tuesday to testify in entrance of the Everlasting Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI).

The PSI invited Worth and Dunne to testify so they might share the small print of the PGA Tour’s pending settlement with the PIF.

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The committee additionally invited PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Norman, with the latter declining because of “scheduling conflicts.”

Monahan has been away from the PGA Tour since Jun. 13, when he introduced he wanted to take a depart of absence because of unnamed well being issues.

On Jul. 8, Monahan introduced he would return on Jul. 17. Apparently, simply six days after the listening to.

Norman, in the meantime, spent final weekend in England, as LIV Golf staged an occasion in London.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the chair of the PSI, famous throughout the listening to {that a} potential facet settlement between the PGA Tour and PIF indicated Norman can be “terminated” as LIV Golf CEO.

Sen. Blumenthal additionally identified that his groups are working with Monahan and Norman to testify earlier than the PSI at a later date.

Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By way of. You possibly can comply with him on Twitter and Instagram @jack_milko for extra golf protection. Make sure you try @_PlayingThrough too.