LIV Golf has confirmed chief operating officer Atul Khosla has resigned after just one season.
The Saudi-backed breakaway circuit has drawn controversy since its inception with an ongoing civil war against the PGA and DP World Tours ripping through the sport.
The 2022 season came to its conclusion in October and plans are well underway for next year, with new venues confirmed for an expanded 14-team competition.
But Khosla, who has previously worked with the Tampa Bay Bucaneers in the NFL, will not be a part of the venture moving forward.
"At the conclusion of LIV's successful inaugural season, Atul Khosla decided to move on. We respect AK and his personal decision," CEO Greg Norman said in a statement to the New York Times.
The much-maligned Norman was also tipped to leave ahead of the 2023 campaign with reports suggesting LIV were looking to replace the Australian.
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods have also led the criticism of Norman and suggested his exit is the only way for relations to be repaired with the Tours.
But those reports of his exit have been rejected and Norman again looks set to be the face of LIV Golf for its second campaign when it gets underway in February.
He had some words for his critics too this week, warning the golf legends: "Rory and Tiger have no idea what they’re talking about. None whatsoever. I have got the full support from my chairman. 100 percent. 1000 percent.
"I’m totally confident, totally proud and totally committed to this job and that is building out LIV Golf in perpetuity and giving players and fans another kind of golf to enjoy."
And he fueled the fire further by suggesting staunch critic McIlroy would in fact be welcome to join the lucrative circuit, if he had an almighty change of heart.
“Our door is open for everybody,” said Norman. “We’re not the PGA Tour. We’re not like that. We exist for the players, so we will always have an open door, whether that’s for Rory or Jordan Spieth or Justin Thomas or whoever. "
