“LIV 2.0” will actually be known by the end of the month.
An attorney representing LIV Golf told a federal court judge Wednesday that they will decide whether the league will continue in 2027 or close for good. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach.
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And perhaps more significantly, US Bankruptcy Court Judge Michael B. Kaplan of New Jersey approved a motion to dismiss 19 current players with LIV Golf. The league said the current agreements “do not reflect the compensation structure contemplated under LIV 2.0.”
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While LIV Golf says the move is critical to rebuilding and negotiating a new deal with players for LIV 2.0, it means several great golfers — including Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and Cam Smith, for example — have been released from contracts with the venture.
Whether they choose to stay with LIV Golf or find their way onto the PGA Tour or DP World Tour remains to be seen.
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LIV Golf has been trying to find a way forward after a rough and tumble season in 2026. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced earlier this year that it would no longer be financially involved in the league, despite reportedly pouring more than $5 billion into it. LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month.
LIV Golf has reached an agreement with BC Partners, which has committed to invest more than $300 million in the new league, as long as certain conditions are met. But perhaps the biggest issue LIV Golf is going to face, outside of money, is simply keeping the players away.
Many big names have already declared that they do not want to stay with LIV 2.0. Jon Rahm is the biggest among them, although Smith, Sergio Garcia, David Puig and Abraham Ancer are walking too. Patrick Reed is retiring in January, and has been working hard to earn his PGA Tour card through the DP World Tour.
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In a court appearance Wednesday, LIV Golf fired his attorney The DP World Tour has decided to move golfers from both to compete 2027. The European Union, which previously allowed golfers to compete with LIV Golf conditional on their Tour status. Next year, though, golfers will have to choose one or the other. European golfers must be in good standing with the DP World Tour to also play on the Ryder Cup team.
That, attorney Robert Fitzgerald said, is “a clear attempt to interfere” with efforts to build LIV Golf.
“We’re continuing to monitor this very closely, and we’re quite concerned about it,” Fitzgerald said. “Reserving all rights and remedies and observing what is happening.”
“Frankly Leo strikes us singularly as a clear attempt to prevent with our process, with our players, and our power to organize a short big … The freedom of the player is the system that LIV Golf was created and that is the foundation of LIV Golf 2.0, a league built around players. LIV is vocal in his opinion on free agency and that the best players should have greater flexibility to compete across the “ecur’surre”. players with the wrong choice. “