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Atul Khosla, Chief Operating Officer of LIV Golf, Exits Saudi-Backed League

Related Topics: LIV Golf, Jonathan Grella

The executive’s departure is the latest turmoil for LIV, which has drawn plenty of attention but no major television or sponsorship deals.

Atul Khosla, center, flanked by LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, left, and Saudi Golf CEO Majed Al Sorour, is out as LIV’s chief operating officer.Credit...Adrian Dennis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Atul Khosla, the veteran sports executive who was expected to guide LIV Golf into the franchise model on which it has staked its viability, has resigned from the venture that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund financed in a challenge to the PGA Tour.