Scott O'Neil is the new LIV Golf CEO. After Greg Norman was in this position for several years, attracting enormous attention, the leaders of LIV realized that it was time for some new faces, who can turn this Tour in the right direction and at the same time help the world of golf to get back on its feet.
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O'Neil is a man with experience, and a person whom many consider a 'visionary'.
The statements of the main man of this Tour, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, speak enough of how much faith and hope they have that Scott can do great things in the future. His passion, hunger for success and love for golf will be the main factors for O'Neill to really succeed in his intentions.
"On behalf of the board of directors, we welcome Scott to the LIV Golf family, knowing he will capitalize on everything that has been accomplished over the past three years."- Yasir Al-Rumayyan said, as quoted by Mirror.
Yasir Al-Rumayyan: Scott has the passion, the tenacity, and the vision
Yasir Al-Rumayyan stresses that O'Neil is the man who meets all the requirements for this position. Although they are delighted to have a new face in this position, Al-Rumayyan did not forget to praise the former CEO, Greg Norman, who did a lot for LIV.
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"Scott has the passion, the tenacity, and the vision to continue leveraging LIV Golf's position as a pre-eminent, global sports and entertainment company and to lead our amazing teams and players for years to come.
When we launched LIV Golf, there was no one that made more sense to lead the organization other than Greg Norman. I thank him for everything he has done to establish, launch and grow our league. He has been instrumental to LIV's success."
Greg Norman also had words of praise for the successor, feeling that he is a man who can help LIV realize its visions in the future. It will be interesting to see how Scott copes in this role.
