{"id":640686,"date":"2026-04-30T14:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/640686\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:10:21","slug":"liv-golf-stars-make-pga-tour-calls-with-saudi-funding-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/640686\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf stars make PGA Tour calls with Saudi funding over"},"content":{"rendered":"

A senior executive from LIV Golf told TG on Thursday that \u201c99 percent\u201d of the league\u2019s staff were informed of the decision during the recent Mexico<\/a> event, with others told in the coming days during meetings.<\/p>\n

Following a call with the team captains on Wednesday, LIV Golf released a statement on Thursday<\/a> outlining its \u201cstrategic intention\u201d for life after the PIF, including \u201copportunities to reposition the business for future success\u201d as well as new board members and leadership who will be \u201creinforcing an investment-based model\u201d for the teams and franchises.<\/p>\n

PIF chairman, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who founded LIV Golf in 2022 and has played an integral role in its rise, has stepped down as chairman.<\/p>\n

But the league\u2019s future is perilous without the PIF\u2019s backing of its $30 million events. In a four-year period, the PIF has split the men\u2019s professional game irrevocably by signing some of the sport\u2019s biggest names, including Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.<\/p>\n

The league\u2019s CEO, Scott O\u2019Neil, has already conceded that he will need to secure outside investment for the league after rumors swirled about PIF\u2019s withdrawal during their latest stop in Mexico. The league\u2019s tournament in New Orleans in June was cancelled<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is that you\u2019re funded through the season, and then you work like crazy as a business to create a business and a business plan to keep us going,\u201d\u00a0O\u2019Neil told TNT Sports<\/a>\u00a0in Mexico in an interview that was later deleted.<\/p>\n

TG reported on Tuesday<\/a> that multiple LIV players are sounding out the DP World Tour as fallback options should the league fail to secure alternate funding and cease operations after the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

And it has emerged that the PGA Tour are fielding similar calls. Golf Digest<\/a> claims that players and agents are reaching out to Ponte Vedra HQ, but they have been told their route back to the circuit will come with stricter conditions than Brooks Koepka\u2019s reinstatement earlier this year. A contrived Returning Members Program which also offered the chance for DeChambeau, Rahm and Cam Smith to return this year is not expected to be repeated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A senior executive from LIV Golf told TG on Thursday that \u201c99 percent\u201d of the league\u2019s staff were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-640686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}