Rob Willis – Professional Golf Journalist Greg Chalmers: A Career of Success on and off the Course When discussing Australia’s leading players over the past two or three decades, Greg Chalmers deserves to be at least mentioned in the conversation. Five professional victories at home, including two Australian Open titles, two victories at the Australian…
When Henrik Stenson captured the Claret Jug at Royal Troon in 2016, a total of 173,000 spectators looked on. When the storied event returns to the Scottish coast this year, a whopping 250,000 will file through the gates, the R&A announced earlier this week, adding that all the tickets had been scooped up. With the…
Greg Norman Denied Invitation to The Open Championship Despite Past Wins Greg Norman, a two-time Open champion, has not received an invitation to this year’s Championship at Royal Troon. The R&A’s director of corporate communications, Mike Woodcock, stated that there is no record of an invitation being sent to Norman, and his name is not…
The tour’s chief executive hasn’t ruled out moving to a four-round format – saying conversations continue LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman has revealed the organisation is “very open-minded” about changing the league’s format to 72 holes. But he warned there would be an “economic impact about putting television on” for four rounds. Speaking with…
(Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images) When an NFL star makes the transition to the broadcast booth for games, a lot of fans can start to turn on them from certain franchises, with some fan bases thinking former players aren’t fond of some teams. This is a common occurrence, and at times, it may be…
Greg Norman has thanked Rory McIlroy for his dramatic shift in attitude towards LIV Golf. The Northern Irishman admitted to being too judgmental of players leaving for the Saudi-backed circuit when talking on the Stick to Football podcast. Norman believes McIlroy’s criticism since the new league’s birth was made without “knowing the facts” and maintained…
When the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced a framework agreement to merge their commercial operations, Tour commissioner Jay Monahan appeared the future leader and golf and LIV Golf’s Greg Norman a casualty of the deal. Monahan lauded the “historic day,” and was hailed as the man who would oversee both the…
Greg Norman believes more stars will follow Masters champion Jon Rahm to LIV Golf. LIV’s Chief Executive told the BBC’s World Business Report his phone has been “blowing up” since the World No.3 revealed his controversial switch on December 7. The Saudi-funded league is looking to recruit extra names to join Rahm who is set…
