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Is LIV Golf<\/a> coming to an end?<\/p>\n

Just a few months ago, LIV Golf came to a crossroads when the Saudi-backed Public Investment Fund announced their intention to end funding for the breakaway tournament after the 2026 season. That immediately led to speculation that the league itself would fold entirely, or that top players like Bryson DeChambeau or Jon Rahm would look to return to the PGA Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That speculation only increased when news broke that LIV was canceling their scheduled tournament in Louisiana, though CEO Scott O’Neil was adamant that the tour would continue and investor meetings were already ongoing. O’Neil also added that key players like DeChambeau were participating in those meetings, and that there was widespread interest in backing upcoming seasons.<\/p>\n

LIV GOLF’S END MAY BE IMMINENT AFTER REPORT SIGNALS SAUDI ARABIA IS PREPARING TO CUT OFF FUNDING<\/a><\/p>\n

\"LIV <\/p>\n

The LIV Golf logo is near the first tee during the second round of the LIV Golf Dallas golf tournament at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas, on June 28, 2025. (Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Well, this week, another new report is only adding to concerns about the future of LIV. Ben Parsons at Today’s Golfer<\/a>reported on Wednesday that LIV is “highly likely” to cancel its Team Championships event scheduled for The Cardinal Course in Michigan on Aug. 27-30.<\/p>\n

Parsons spoke to Martin Kaymer, who heads The Cleeks team, while covering the current LIV Golf UK event at JCB Golf and Country Club. Kaymer had just attended the captain’s meeting ahead of the UK event, which is coming at the end of a lengthy break brought on by the cancelation of the New Orleans tournament.<\/p>\n

“We were hoping for a bit more information,” Kaymer reportedly said. “I mean, we got the information,\u00a0but we were more looking for decisions\u00a0or what was happening next year.\u00a0And unfortunately, even Scott,\u00a0he can\u2019t tell us because he doesn\u2019t know.\u00a0It depends so much on the investors. Hopefully, I think there\u2019s a lot of interest\u00a0and it\u2019s looking good.<\/p>\n

“But we\u2019ve all been there.\u00a0If the signature is not there, then it doesn\u2019t mean anything.”<\/p>\n

\"CEO <\/p>\n

CEO of LIV Golf, Scott O’Neil looks on during day three of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on April 18, 2026 in Mexico City. (Photo by Hector Vivas\/Getty Images) (Hector Vivas\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

There are three more events on the LIV schedule, including an upcoming event at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster<\/a> on Aug. 6-9, followed by the Individual Championship at LIV Golf Indianapolis on Aug. 20-23. Kaymer believes that tournament will happen as scheduled, but the Michigan date has just a “5%” chance of taking place.<\/p>\n

“I know that Indianapolis most likely is happening,” he said.\u00a0“There was a conversation yesterday. Michigan, highly unlikely.\u00a0So basically, what we already knew. That\u2019s why I think it became a captains\u2019 meeting\u00a0and not a players\u2019 meeting,\u00a0because they couldn\u2019t give us much more than we had before.”<\/p>\n

He admitted that he and the rest of the league are “disappointed,” while acknowledging another Golf Channel report<\/a> that the team championship could be switched to Indianapolis instead of keeping it as an individual event.<\/p>\n

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Kaymer though, also expressed optimism that the league would continue operating in 2027 and beyond, saying they can “hit the reset button\u00a0and try to be more independent.”<\/p>\n

There’s no two ways about it, canceling the Michigan tournament is a disaster. It’s one thing to lose the Louisiana tournament, a regularly scheduled event. It’s another to lose LIV’s signature team event championship. Though it doesn’t mean there won’t be a 2027 season, it’s concerning that there may have not been enough cash on hand to fund the tournament, or the Saudis didn’t follow through on their funding commitments.<\/p>\n

\"Martin <\/p>\n

Martin Kaymer of Cleeks Golf Club hits a tee shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the LIV Golf Virginia tournament at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., on June 8, 2025. (Geoff Burke-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

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O’Neil continues to meet with potential investors and express optimism that he can bring in the $300-350 million or so required to keep the league moving in 2027. But it’s clear that remains an uphill battle. And if certain players bolt, or try to get out of their contracts<\/a>, it might be even tougher. There’s plenty left to determine about the future of LIV Golf, and it doesn’t seem like these questions will be resolved anytime soon.<\/p>\n

Ian Miller is a writer at OutKick.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is LIV Golf coming to an end? Just a few months ago, LIV Golf came to a crossroads…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,10658,259870,99],"class_list":["post-780857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-liv-golf","tag-outkick-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}