Norman sent on Open ticket search

If LIV brag Greg Norman is among the 250,000 who person bought tickets to the British Open astatine Royal Troon, the R&A don’t cognize astir it.

Norman, a two-time Open winner, wasn’t invited to the champions meal astatine the 150th Open successful 2022 erstwhile Cameron Smith won, with golf’s warfare astatine its fiercest, to “ensure that the absorption remains connected celebrating the championship”.

This twelvemonth Norman had to bargain a summons to spell to the Masters to “support” his LIV players, via the resale market, confirming successful Adelaide past week that it “wasn’t cheap”.

Norman is not connected immoderate authoritative invitation lists for the Open this twelvemonth either and with the tourney already a sellout, R&A firm communications manager Mike Woodcock told reporters astatine a media time that the Shark was “welcome” but could request to find his ain mode to the lawsuit successful July.

“I don’t deliberation there’s a G. Norman (on the list),” Woodcock said.

“I deliberation they would person fto maine cognize if determination was, truthful I’m not alert that he’s bought a summons truthful far. Obviously, determination are tickets inactive disposable connected the resale level oregon hospitality.

“He’s precise invited to look there.”

Norman declared his Masters sojourn was “phenomenal” arsenic helium walked extracurricular the ropes for the archetypal time, having bought his ain ticket.

“I went determination specifically to enactment the boys. I wanted them to cognize that I was determination for that reason, truthful I tried to get astir to shingle hands with each and each 1 of them to privation them the best,” helium said.

“To locomotion with the patrons, I’ve ne'er done that earlier successful my beingness anyplace successful the world. I deliberation I walked 1 playoff present successful Australia erstwhile a person of excavation was successful the Australian Masters. I walked with his household connected the playoff hole.

“But it was incredible. The support, the recognition, the comments that were made, it was astir unanimous for 3 consecutive days walking astir with people. I had radical with me, truthful I bash person witnesses to the information that that’s what it was.”

He besides said the interactions with fans reinforced his ain feelings that LIV was making a affirmative interaction connected the crippled contempt its detractors.

“To spot it and to perceive it and to perceive the comments they made astir what’s happening to the crippled of play and the spell that LIV has brought to the crippled of golf, it was very, precise beardown for me. It was a precise almighty 3 days,” helium said.

“I indispensable admit, Wednesday erstwhile I was going retired there, I did permission the location with trepidation due to the fact that I didn’t cognize what to expect due to the fact that I person a batch of large friends astatine Augusta National, I’ve got a batch of past astatine Augusta National, and I conscionable didn’t cognize what to expect.

“My archetypal hr walking around, I went, whew, and I conscionable relaxed and had a large time.”