Keeping an unusually low media profile during the opening events of his divisive LIV Golf Invitational Series, Greg Norman is finally ready to do the talking. In a wide-ranging interview with Australian Golf Digest, The Shark explains how golf found itself in conflict, what it all means for countries like Australia, and why his second attempt at globalising the pro circuit will end differently to the first.
In the end, a tournament did eventually break out. After all the talk of politics, “sports washing”, human rights abuses and who might or might not be playing next time out, the golf took over – as it tends to do amid even the most controversial of controversies.
The Zurich Classic’s team format was universally praised, offering a fresh presentation during one of golf’s slow points of the season. Better yet, golf fans eager for the next iteration of progress from the sport won’t have to wait long.