Greg Norman and Mollie Marcoux Samaan were both hired in 2021, and will both leave their respective roles in 2025. Getty Images The past 12 months had it all — crazy winning streaks, new major champs, a major-week arrest (!) and more. With 2025 on the horizon, our writers are looking back at the most memorable moments from 2024.
No. 15 — Charley Hull goes viral Biggest Golf Moments of 2024 No. 14: In wild golf landscape, 2 bosses are on their way out Not long ago, many believed Jay Monahan was in the hot seat in his role as PGA Tour boss.
But as we turn the page to 2025, Monahan is still there, and the Tour is still(!) trying to figure out its future in the golf landscape. But Greg Norman and Mollie Marcoux Samaan are out. Or at least will be soon.
Norman, the sometimes controversial CEO behind LIV Golf, confirmed this month he’ll no longer be LIV’s CEO, a post he’s held since the league’s inception in 2021, with a new face taking over some time in 2025. His first public comments since the change came just a few days after Marcoux Samaan unexpectedly announced she’ll step down as the LPGA commissioner in January. She was hired in May 2021 and will leave before her contract is up.
The similarities, for the most part, end there. Norman was a crucial cog in shaking up the pro-golf landscape, getting LIV Golf off the ground and helping recruit talent away from the PGA Tour. Marcoux Samaan wasn’t exactly throwing wrenches in golf’s ecosystem.
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