Greg Norman said LIV will “consider” 72-hole tournaments

Greg Norman, CEO of LIV Golf, It will “consider” the traditional 72-hole professional golf tournament format, while also weighing the financial implications of an additional round to the current three-day events on the new Saudi-sponsored circuit.

As it stands, LIV Golf uses a 54-hole no-cut format designed to mitigate what Norman calls the “economic impact” associated with the four rounds played by the PGA Tour, European Tour, Japan Tour, LPGA Tours …

Norman, sitting to the side Jon Rahm in Adelaidein South Australia, where this Friday there is a new event at LIV, said this Wednesday in a press conference that Rahm’s suggestion to the public last week to adapt to the existing format of traditional golf is not a new conversation in LIV Golf.

“I made the analogy earlier why I think we can have a great product: in European football you have the Premier League, you have the Spanish League, you have the German League, you have Serie A, you have the Champions League, the Eurocup , there are many other competitions I realized that everyone plays by the same rules,” said Rahm. “While we play by most… rules, the only major difference is the 72 holes,” he added.

Rahm nodded to Norman when he said, “LIV is a business. If it doesn’t fit the product, it doesn’t fit the product. I’m just a player. There are a lot of people smarter than me who can understand this and explain why they believe the 54 holes might be better for them.

Norman was clear on this: “Jon is spot on. It’s a great conversation. We’ll continue to talk about it in the future. But we sit down and say, what’s the value for us to be on Thursday? How can we expand this in the future? what is the best solution for this event to be good, and 72 holes are in question.

As for the agreement between the circuits not coming, the ‘white shark’ said he had no news 10 months after the framework agreement between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour was reached in June. “At LIV we’re completely out of that side of the negotiation,” Norman said.

He also denied reports that LIV tried to lure No. 2 in the world, Rory McIlroy with an offer of more than 800 million dollars. “LIV never made him an offer,” Norman said, agreeing with McIlroy that the two sides are not in contract talks. “We didn’t need to comment on this. This is just a typical online rumor. If Rory is willing to sit down and talk to us, would we be happy to sit down with him? One hundred percent, nothing. difference from other players who is interested in playing with us,” concluded the ‘White Shark’.