[{"selector":"#anim-ce98876c-e62d-4065-ace9-17b407fad488 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.60815420347787%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google The golfing world reacts to Greg Norman's criticism

[{"selector":"#anim-0bcfc178-fa36-4446-b785-c9efcd88b378 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.88957322561821%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Greg Norman, a golfer, organised the first QBE Shootout in 1989, which was then known as the RMCC Invitational.

[{"selector":"#anim-35a33929-0360-4296-8e83-6e41f25e2eee [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.11376943485297%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google In 2022, Norman, who is currently the Chief and magistrate of LIV Golf, has been requested not to attend the event he founded.

[{"selector":"#anim-f90724a5-be6a-4ff0-b56e-b0ead33c03ca [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.203124885941293%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google While the 54th inaugural event will take place in December at the Tiburon Golf Club's Norman-designed Gold Course in Naples, Florida

[{"selector":"#anim-03f2104a-41c6-40b9-9437-d4bfb4eb7d47 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-28.90624987200394%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Norman himself won't be attending, understandably due to concerns from the Saudi-supported golf association that he oversees and that has recently been the subject of considerable criticism.

[{"selector":"#anim-c897cc46-6f82-4272-9359-1e50c52c47ac [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Ransack Hartman, the director of QBE Shootout, said to the Naples Day to Day News that they had discussed Norman's potential employment for a very long period in advance.

[{"selector":"#anim-c32da20e-3e3b-4f20-894d-657b6c5d1a81 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.203124885941293%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google He finally decided as we got closer that he would back off and really keep the focus on our enormously generous allies.

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