Former Aston Villa bigwig Chris Heck has joined LIV Golf as the Saudi Arabia-backed league’s new president of business operations.

Former Aston Villa bigwig Chris Heck has joined LIV Golf as the Saudi Arabia-backed league’s new president of business operations.

Heck left Villa this season after a two-year stint that saw the Premier League club reach the Champions League.

It comes as the US Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester snubbed a spot on the Korn Ferry Tour to join Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC team on the Public Investment Fund-backed series, which also enjoys the employment of the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm.

“Chris Heck brings a commercial mindset, the proven ability to attract, retain and develop talented executives, and a consistent and proven trac

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