Greg Norman: 'I'd win' LIV-PGA debate vs. Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods - ESPN

Greg Norman says he wants to talk with Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods to discuss how the superstar golfers have benefited from LIV Golf and the upheaval that the Saudi-backed tour has created in the sport.

Norman served as LIV Golf's commissioner and CEO upon its 2021 inception before being replaced earlier this month by Scott O'Neil. McIlroy said Norman's departure from the role is «probably a good move,» but Norman countered that he'd prefer to move on from his spat with McIlroy and Woods.

«I would love to sit down and talk to them about it, no question about it,» Norman told Australian Golf Digest in an interview published Tuesday. «Because I'm not a judgmental person and you only learn the facts and truth when you hear the other side of it.

»But, yes, would I like to sit down with them? Sure, absolutely. And you know what? I'd win the debate."

LIV Golf disrupted the golf world when it first launched, luring top players away from the PGA Tour with the promise of huge paydays and causing a bitter divide in the sport — highlighted by the feud between Norman and McIlroy.

Norman called McIlroy «brainwashed by the PGA Tour» in 2022, while McIlroy blamed Norman in part for golf's «civil war,» saying later that year that the two-time Open champion should «exit stage left» to allow the «adults» to patch up the sport's schism.

Norman, however, insisted that LIV Golf ultimately has helped McIlroy and Woods, specifically citing the PGA Tour's Player Impact Program (PIP), which rewards players who drive engagement with sponsors and fans.

«I would love them to recognize the fact that — like Tiger with his PIP money — that only came because of LIV, right?» Norman told Australian Golf Digest. «So Tiger benefitted from that. Rory's