LIV Golf, for which Norman is face and CEO, didn’t have a tournament on its schedule this week and yet the controversial Saudi-backed tour was among the biggest winners at this week’s Masters.
Mickelson, when he finished his final-round 65 Sunday, was the leader in the clubhouse until Rahm made his win official.Phil Mickelson had a big day at the MastersNorman, who competed in 22 Masters in his playing career, finishing second three times and third three times, famously never won a green jacket. Heartbreak and angst have defined the Norman narrative at the Masters.
When The Post tried to reach Norman via his LIV golf spokesperson Sunday, the response was: “Greg won’t be doing any interviews, but thanks for checking.’’This was a rare show of restraint for Norman, who’s been prone to thump his chest when he feels he’s on top. The week began with a number of so-called experts predicting poor performances from the LIV players because of their scaled-down 48-player, 54-hole events, wondering aloud how battle-tested they’d be.
Koepka’s fall from a four-shot lead at the seventh hole of the third round Sunday to a two-shot lead entering the final round to losing by four to Rahm does, however, support the argument that the lack of consequence of LIV Golf tournaments perhaps dulled the blade on Brooks’ knife.The Masters tacitly dissed the LIV players this week by virtually omitting them from the daily “featured groups’’ the committee chooses for its TV partners.
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