Greg Norman said he'd win a debate with Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods on the topic of how those PGA Tour marquee names benefited financially from the upstart new circuit.Norman served as LIV Golf's commissioner and CEO upon its inception before being replaced by Scott O'Neil last week.

Greg Norman has stepped down as LIV Golf CEO and asked Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy to recognise how they've benefitted from the league.

During his time as LIV Golf CEO, Greg Norman never missed an opportunity to promote the fledging golf league, often with a bombastic tone that only seemed to fuel the tension the Saudi-backed endeavor created while disrupting the world of men’s professional golf.

LIV Golf announced Wednesday that Scott O'Neil will take over as the league's chief executive officer, effective immediately. O'Neil is replacing the inaugural CEO and commissioner Greg Norman, who will remain with the 54-hole circuit in a different role,

Woods publicly called for Norman to step down from LIV Golf in the interests of mending fences between the breakaway circuit and the PGA Tour. McIlroy blamed Norman in part for a “civil war” in golf, previously saying that he should “exit stage left” to allow the “adults” to patch up the sport’s schism.

LIV Golf's new CEO comes from the broader sports world, and Bob Harig writes that a more conciliatory tone appears to be in place now from all sides of the divide.