Greg Norman to Visit Lawmakers in Washington This Week on Public Relations-Type Mission

After holding the fifth LIV Golf Invitational Series event this past weekend in Chicago, LIV CEO Greg Norman will be making a stop in Washington, DC, before the tour heads to Asia for its next event in two weeks.

Greg Norman, the chief executive and commissioner of the LIV Golf Invitational Series, will travel to Washington this week to discuss the new circuit with members of Congress. https://t.co/QhKvJJGIOx

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 19, 2022

LIV Golf Chief Communications Officer Jonathan Grella said in a statement to Sports Illustrated:

“LIV Golf is coming to [Capitol] Hill this week to meet with lawmakers from both parties… Given the PGA Tour’s attempts to stifle our progress in reimagining the game, we think it’s imperative to educate members on LIV’s business model and counter the Tour’s anti-competitive efforts.”

While LIV has been successful in getting many of golf’s biggest names to join its series, including Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson, and Phil Mickelson, it hasn’t had much luck in the legal arena.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Seven players (down from 11) are currently a part of an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, and several golfers’ requests to be able to compete in this year’s FedEx Cup playoffs were denied by a judge in California. Each golfer who has teed off in a LIV Golf event has been issued an indefinite suspension by the PGA Tour unless that person resigned first (like Dustin Johnson and some others).

Norman argues that it is willing to serve as a complement to the PGA Tour, but tour commissioner Jay Monahan has done everything possible to try and harm LIV Golf despite his efforts to reach out.

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