LIV Golf loses second key senior figure ahead of 2023 competition

06 January 2023 , 16:49

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LIV Golf loses second key senior figure ahead of 2023 competition

LIV Golf haven't had the ideal start to 2023 after the news that a second key senior figure has quit his role ahead of the new season.

Director of franchises Matt Goodman only joined LIV Golf in May and had one of the most important roles in the controversial series. However, the Sports Business Journal have reported that Goodman is no longer in the role.

The news comes just weeks after LIV Golf confirmed that chief operating officer Atul Khosla had resigned from his job with the franchise. The Saudi bosses will now have to fill both roles while preparing for their second year of competition.

Goodman had a key role in the development of LIV Golf with each of the 12 four-man teams being their own franchise creating marketing opportunities. Stars Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka all have equity in their teams as part of their contracts.

Last month it was announced that fellow senior figure Khosla had left his role after just one season leaving two senior positions empty going into 2023.

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CEO Greg Norman has faced calls to resign from the likes of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, but the Australian was defiant in the wake of Khosla's departure. He said: "I’m totally confident, totally proud and totally committed to this job and that is building out LIV Golf in perpetuity and giving players and fans another kind of golf to enjoy."

Greg Norman has faced calls to resign from LIV Golf from some of golf's biggest stars (Getty Images)

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LIV's 2023 campaign will start on February 24 in Mexico, but the full list of events of the expanded 14-event series has yet to be published. Chiefs have so far failed to attract a TV deal to cover their action and the Daily Mail reported that bosses were prepared to hand out the rights for free.

There have also been suggestions that the Saudi-backed series faces a major financial problem. According to a New York Times recruitment has fallen short of what will be needed to make the project viable after the likes of Woods and McIlroy refused lucrative deals to join.

Benjamin Goddard