LIV Golf cancels season-ending Team Championship
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- LIV Golf has warned players the season-ending Team Championship in Michigan is set to be cancelled, with the league's website showing both ground passes and hospitality passes as "no longer available."
- Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) said in April it would end its multibillion-dollar bankrolling of LIV at season's end, having pumped in more than $5bn (£3.71bn) since the league launched in 2022.
- LIV Golf secured an unnamed lead investor for 2027 and beyond, with chief executive Scott O'Neil saying a signed agreement is approved by the board and expected to close in September, though no dollar figure was announced.
- LIV Golf will make players "majority equity holders" in the competition under the proposed deal, which O'Neil called "a first for a major global sports league."
- LIV Golf will reduce to 10 events next season — five in the United States and five internationally — down from 14 planned for 2026, with June's New Orleans competition postponed in April and never rescheduled.
- Jon Rahm could soon leave the league according to reports, while Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed have already rejoined the PGA Tour; the PGA Tour and DP World Tour separately struck an alliance with the Asian Tour in July.
Why it matters: The cancellation caps a 2026 season already shortened from 14 to 12 events after June's New Orleans stop was postponed without a rescheduled date. The September-close investor deal keeps LIV alive into 2027, but with fewer events, stars like Koepka and Reed already back on the PGA Tour, and Rahm's future in doubt, the league's competitive position is visibly eroding.
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