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Greg Norman has officially signed off on his time with LIV Golf after spending four years getting the rival league off the ground as its inaugural chief executive officer and league commissione<\/a>r.<\/p>\n OTHER NEWS: Adam Scott makes unexpected putter change at the BMW PGA Championship<\/a><\/p>\n On Thursday, former world No.1 and two-time Open Championship winner Norman took to social media to announce his time with the 54-hole league had finished.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter four unforgettable years, I have officially closed out my time with LIV Golf, and reflecting with nothing but gratitude, pride and achievement,\u201d Norman, 70, posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n While controversial at times<\/a>, Norman has been praised for his ability to establish LIV Golf in 2022, when its debut season featured eight events and then 14 tournaments across the globe in its second (2023), third and fourth seasons.<\/p>\n When LIV\u2019s current CEO, Scott O\u2019Neil, took over in January this year, even Rory McIlroy, who has been a vocal critic of Norman and LIV Golf, said that \u201cGreg took a lot of flak the first couple of years [but] he is probably one of the only guys in golf who could have taken on that role. He got it off the ground, and you have to commend him for that.\u201d<\/p>\n This clip from Greg Norman helps to explain the positive impact LIV is aiming to have in global golf, particularly in Asia, and how they\u2019re trying to change and expand the demographic of golf fans in the future. <\/p>\n Imo, this hasn\u2019t been spoken about enough. There\u2019s been a focus on\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/mRDdglKflM<\/a><\/p>\n