Multiple competitors within LIV Golf are reportedly preparing their next steps if the circuit doesn’t secure capital, or potentially goes out of business altogether.
Sources close to the matter said several unidentified members of LIV Golf have requested information from the DP World Tour regarding their eligibility status and the chance to compete on the European circuit, this as a result of the unclear future of LIV, according to a report from Today’s Golfer. (RELATED: LIV Golf Reportedly Postpones New Orleans Tournament After CEO Declared Season Would Continue ‘Full Throttle’)
With that being said, the DP World Tour continues to let the situation progress.
“We’re reading the headlines and observing,” said DPWT chief executive Guy Kinnings while speaking with Today’s Golfer this week. “We’ve got members and dual members [of the DPWT and LIV] and we listen to them. Those kind of headlines that we’ve seen in the last few weeks have got to be concerning for them. But all we do is control what we can control, make sure our product is as good as it can be. I don’t think it can be easy with all of that sort of going on.”
🚨☎️🇪🇺 #NEW — Multiple LIV Golfers have begun reaching out to the DP World Tour to discuss contingency plans with uncertainty looming about the league’s future.
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“But at the moment, our focus is just on us doing what we can do. We listen to players, listen to their representatives all the time and go from there,” he continued.
Multiple reports recently suggested that LIV Golf could potentially see Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) withdraw their financial support following the 2026 season. PIF had invested around $5.3 billion into LIV since their 2022 launch as of early 2026.
A couple of weeks ago during LIV Golf Mexico City, league CEO Scott O’Neil stated in a TNT Sports interview, “The reality is you’re funded through the season and then you work like crazy to create a business and a business plan to keep us going. But that’s not different than any other private equity business in the history of mankind,” per Sports Illustrated. TNT went on to delete that portion of the interview from their platforms.
Another problem was dealt Monday to LIV Golf, with their New Orleans-based tournament in June reportedly being postponed until a financial restructure is done by the circuit.