LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman has recently dismissed Tiger Woods as the best iron player. He has claimed that Smash GC player Talor Gooch is the best iron player in the past two decades in the game of golf. This has sparked an upsurge of reactions from fans having multiple thoughts regarding the same.
“Talor Gooch is the best iron player in the game of golf in the past 20 years that I’ve personally witnessed,” Norman said.
Fans were quick to come to X (formerly Twitter) and share their response on the same. One of the fans believed that if Greg Norman said that Talor Gooch has a better iron game then it might be true.
If Sharky says it, it must be true
— P (@peaks41) April 7, 2024
Another fan says that Greg Norman may not have watched Tiger Woods or Scottie Scheffler playing golf which could be a reason he called Talor Gooch a better iron player.
So in other words, he’s never watched Tiger or Scottie play golf?
— (@SadBadgerFan) April 7, 2024
One fan stated that he had to go out of the line to disagree with LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman.
I’m gonna go way out of line here and say that I disagree.
— StevenPrendes (@StevenPrendes) April 7, 2024
Another golf enthusiast urged to bring up the Talor Gooch versus Scottie Scheffler statistics.
Someone pull up Talor vs Scotties stats right now lol
— SRB (@srb_brah) April 7, 2024
While there were a few fans who agreed with Greg Norman’s claim, some called it baseless and were in total disagreement. Here are some top comments from golf fans on X:
Tiger won at torey on one knee in 2008.
Saying gooch is better than the best iron player ever
— Matthew (@Birdie_Boy_27) April 7, 2024
Might be a 82 time, 15 major winner in the conversation as GOAT., Greg is in trump land this week so making outrageous false statements is pretty much a common occurrence
— spullins jb (@LooseForward8) April 7, 2024
Fact
— Sgt George Peterson (@they_love_1t) April 7, 2024
How many golfers has he personally watched… 2? He’ll last 20 years brooks,DJ, cam all so much better just from LIV. I guess tiger woods didn’t play golf in the last 20 years. I mean Gooch isn’t a top 50 iron player the last 20 years. Norman is a damn bum.
— TC (@Noleee04) April 7, 2024
Talor Gooch was recently seen at the LIV Golf Miami. He finished T9 on the leaderboard after shooting a 6 under par at Trump National Doral. Greg Norman’s comment has fueled a new word of war in the game of golf involving the 2023 LIV Golf Individual champion.
Is Talor Gooch Going To Play At 2024 Masters? Exploring Eligibility Status Of Greg Norman’s Favorite Iron Player
The first major tournament of the 2024 season is just a week away. Only 13 players from the LIV Golf will be visiting Augusta National Golf Club this time. But the list does not have the name of Norman’s favorite iron player. Since Gooch is ranked 550th in the world and has no special exemption via any qualifying tournament, he is not eligible to play at the 2024 Masters.
Talor Gooch has made 11 appearances across all four major golf tournaments. The 32-year-old has proceeded to weekend’s play in only seven of them. He has not even recorded a top-10 finish in any of his starts. His best finish remains to be T14 at the 2022 Masters.
Recently, Greg Norman has called him the best iron player and also compared him with legendary Tiger Woods. But he may have forgotten that Woods has 15 majors to his name and Gooch has none.
Talor Gooch’s decision to join LIV Golf has surely dented his chances to play at the major tournaments again. Since the Saudi-backed league has already withdrawn its application from OWGR, it will be really tough for the 32-year-old to ever make a place for himself at golf majors.
