\t\t\t\tTwo-time major champion Dustin Johnson is among the LIV Golf players hoping to negotiate their unpaid contracts\u2026<\/p>\n
Dustin Johnson is leading a group of more than 10 LIV Golf players attempting to negotiate payments with the Saudi Public Investment Fund from unpaid contracts. <\/p>\n
As first reported by The Athletic<\/a>, Johnson and fellow two-time major champion Bubba Watson are among the players are seeking severance deals for claims worth more than $100 million in contracted payments.<\/p>\n The PIF announced in April that it would be pulling its funding from LIV at the end of the season, and the league has been fighting to salvage its future ever since. <\/p>\n But while the league\u2019s new investor, BC Partners, is attempting to secure commitments by the end of this week in order to relaunch \u2018LIV 2.0\u2019 in 2027, some of the league\u2019s stars have grouped together in a bid to receive money from contracts that have not been paid to them.<\/p>\n Thomas Detry, Johnson\u2019s 4Aces teammate, is one of the players seeking a severance deal.<\/p>\n David Cornwell, Johnson\u2019s lawyer, told The Athletic that these players made \u201ccareer-altering decisions\u201d based on promises from the PIF when they joined the breakaway league.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven their reliance on these promises, our group seeks a sensible severance payment as part of the wind-up of LIV,\u201d Cornwell said. \u201cThe decision to release potential claims against the PIF and join LIV 2.0 will be influenced largely by how the PIF manages the wind-up of LIV 1.0.\u201d<\/p>\n It is also noted that none of the players in this group led by Johnson will sign the restructuring agreement until they learn more about their potential settlements, at a time when LIV is scrambling for signatures. <\/p>\n An exodus of players continued<\/a> last week, with Lucas Herbert, Tyrrell Hatton, Ian Poulter<\/a> and Tom McKibbin the latest to announce they will play no part in the next iteration of the league.<\/p>\n