Don’t Expect LIV’s Norman To Take McIlroy’s Advice

Like the existential battle between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour, the related war of words shows no signs of ending soon.

The latest cannon shot was fired by Rory McIlroy on Tuesday when he suggested that any potential resolution between the two groups can’t begin until Greg Norman, LIV’s CEO and commissioner, is out of the picture.

“Greg needs to go,” McIlroy said during his news conference (starting at the 9:25 mark of the video clip below) before this week’s DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, where he enters as the leader in the tour’s season standings. “I think he needs to just exit stage left.

“He's made his mark, but I think now is the right time to sort of say, look, you've got this thing off the ground, but no one's going to talk unless there's an adult in the room that can actually try to mend fences.”

Just because McIlroy offered his opinion, it doesn’t mean Norman is likely to step away. If anything, it may reinforce Norman and LIV Golf’s position that they are deter...