No LIV 2.0, just a wind-down
LIV Golf is finished as a going concern. At a bankruptcy hearing in New Jersey on Thursday, Matthew Williams of Gibson Dunn, a lawyer for the debtors, told the court the league is “not currently proceeding with the LIV 2.0 plan” and is instead “toggling to a value-maximising wind-down.”
The reboot had been the last card. Sky Sports reports that the Saudis pulled their funding back in April and the league filed for bankruptcy in September. A rescue built on fresh investment kept the project alive for a few weeks, but the names it needed to attract kept saying no, and BC Partners stopped proceeding as well. With nobody left to write the cheques, LIV is now set to liquidate its assets.
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Where the players go next
The PGA Tour has said all along that returning players must serve a one-year suspension counted from the date of their last event. That event was in August. For many, the DP World Tour looks like the most workable landing spot, and there is a mid-November deadline to take up membership for those who are eligible.
Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and Sergio Garcia have already said that is where they will play. Veterans such as Lee Westwood and Paul Casey could come back through career money list exemptions, once their tournament suspensions are served. Bryson DeChambeau, who had committed fully to LIV 2.0, has one year left on his option to take up DP World Tour membership. That door is closed to past major champions like Cameron Smith and Dustin Johnson.
Invitations are the other route, although they are unlikely to stretch to the biggest events on the calendar. The PGA Tour is also mid-reorganisation, and it is not yet clear whether 10 cards will be available through the DP World Tour at the end of 2027. For plenty of LIV players, the way back to the top just got longer and harder to read.
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