\t\t\t\tThe ongoing situation with LIV Golf\u2019s future is causing issues with some of the league\u2019s biggest names. Cameron Smith is the latest to speak out\u2026<\/p>\n
Cameron Smith says he has been left in the dark by LIV Golf as bosses attempt to rescue the stricken league.<\/p>\n
LIV filed for bankruptcy in September<\/a>, effectively ending all players\u2019 existing contracts, after Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund pulled the financial plug.<\/p>\n Officials remain confident that LIV will continue in 2027 with a new player-owned model they\u2019re calling \u2018LIV 2.0\u2019. But that\u2019s dependent on keeping a certain number of its top stars<\/a> \u2013 including the likes of Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, and 2022 Open champion Smith. \u00a0<\/p>\n While Rahm and DeChambeau have a route back to the PGA Tour<\/a> thanks to their most recent major victories, playing opportunities for the likes of Smith will come on the DP World Tour. Indeed, the 33-year-old is teeing up in this week\u2019s Dunhill Links Championship<\/a> in St Andrews, where he lifted the Claret Jug four years ago.<\/p>\n Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>, Smith said his LIV future is \u201cin a bit of limbo\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t know, really,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to make a decision when you don\u2019t have at least some of the answers to make the right decision, or [any] decision. We need a few more answers.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith\u2019s recent commitment to a number of DP World Tour events \u2013 including last week\u2019s FedEx Open de France, where he missed the cut \u2013 suggests he is thinking about life after LIV.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s not just the week-to-week he needs to consider. The Ripper GC captain\u2019s major exemptions for that 2022 Open victory will soon expire. While he can play in golf\u2019s oldest major until he turns 60, Smith\u2019s five-year rights at the Masters, PGA Championship and US Open will expire at the end of 2027 unless he can find some form and move up the world rankings.<\/p>\n