LIV\u2019s deep-pocketed backers in Riyadh were rumoured to have cooled on the extravagantly expensive project, which has reportedly cost them more than US$5 billion so far.<\/p>\n
LIV Golf CEO Scott O\u2019Neil refuted the reports, vowing to continue the season \u201cfull throttle\u201d, though he conceded the league would \u201cprobably\u201d have to raise money going forward.<\/p>\n
A collapse of LIV Golf could jeopardise the careers and earnings of its star players.<\/p>\n
The likes of DeChambeau defected from the PGA Tour in acrimonious circumstances, and may face severe penalties if they try to return.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were rules, and they were broken,\u201d PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp told the WSJ this week. \u201cWith rules comes accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kiwis Ben Campbell and Danny Lee both feature on the tour.<\/p>\n
LIV Golf this week postponed its planned June tournament in New Orleans, with officials saying they hope to reschedule an event for later this year.<\/p>\n
LIV\u2019s next tournament is set for May 7-10 at Trump National in suburban Washington.<\/p>\n
Its final scheduled tournament this season is set to take place in Indianapolis from August 20-23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIV\u2019s deep-pocketed backers in Riyadh were rumoured to have cooled on the extravagantly expensive project, which has reportedly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2246,74,38110,44305,208332,17890,52338,295,738,3273,18126,296,76456,1073,111,139,69,15267,38109,6926,1238,22476,213,1324,84459,61,208,3912,1533],"class_list":["post-404255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2246","tag-after","tag-arabia","tag-arabias","tag-breakaway","tag-doubt","tag-financing","tag-fund","tag-funding","tag-future","tag-golf","tag-into","tag-liv","tag-media","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-reported","tag-saudi","tag-season","tag-serious","tag-sovereign","tag-sports","tag-stop","tag-throwing","tag-to","tag-tour","tag-wealth","tag-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}