Jon Rahm believes LIV Golf's decision to replace Greg Norman with Scott O'Neil as the new CEO will give the breakaway Saudi circuit a "less threatening image" and help negotiations with the rival PGA Tour.

In a further cooling of hostilities in golf’s civil war, Northern Irishman offers rare compliment to Australian as he leaves role with LIV

I couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve accomplished or more pleased with where the league stands today," Greg Norman says of LIV Golf.

Greg Norman has stepped down as LIV Golf's CEO to be replaced by Scott O'Neil - and experienced sports and entertainment executive - but will remain involved with the league

Jon Rahm believes replacing Greg Norman as LIV Golf CEO with “outsider” Scott O’Neil could lead to less “bad blood” with golf’s governing bodies.

It’s official. LIV Golf has found a replacement for Greg Norman to take the reigns of the other professional golf tour.

Norman, the 1986 and 1983 Open champion who will continue with the league in an ambiguous role, often came off as divisive when LIV entered the golf scene. He called McIlroy "brainwashed by the PGA Tour" in 2022, putting Norman in the four-time major champion's crosshairs.

Australian great Greg Norman, so long the public face of the golf league that disrupted the game, is no longer the chief executive of LIV Golf.