Golf Channel star not surprised Saudis may | Golf News

Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee argued that LIV Golf’s rumored demise hardly comes as a shock after the circuit’s top brass organized an emergency assembly.

While making an look on X Spaces, golf reporter Ryan French — maybe better recognized as consumer ‘Monday Q Info’ — expressed a comparable sentiment, reporting that a “bombshell announcement” concerning LIV Golf league may very well be coming.

“I have some pretty good sources and I’ve heard that some other people have sources that LIV is shutting down,” French said. “I’ve got everything from, and these are people that I trust, that you guys know.

“Players didn’t get paid today, power went out because the bill wasn’t paid, employees didn’t get paid. Stuff like that. There is definitely a lot going on… Things are not good.”

Since being based in 2022, LIV Golf has managed to appeal to some of the most important stars in the game with profitable assured contracts. Despite boasting a talent-laden roster that includes two-time U.S. Open Champion Bryson DeChambeau, two-time major champion Jon Rahm and three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, the circuit’s following pales in comparability to the PGA Tour’s reputation.

Addressing LIV Golf’s struggles to keep curiosity, Chamblee wrote on X: “Given that the product was so ill-conceived and ended up being worse than anyone could have imagined – with shotgun starts, initially 54 holes, a team concept that was nothing but laughable and tournaments that meant and continue to mean nothing, and such a paltry number of viewers, losing billions along the way – would it surprise anyone if the Saudis came to their corrupted senses and finally euthanized the whole lame-brained tour.”

In a separate post, he added: “LIV is funded by the Saudis who want to buy the success of the west and pretend they are surrogate to that success.”

As an obvious last-ditch effort to grow LIV Golf, the breakaway league launched a sequence of rule revisions forward of the 2026 marketing campaign. As half of the watershed offseason, all of its occasions transitioned to a 72-hole format despite initially setting itself aside with three-day, 54-hole competitions.

The LIV Golf Drop Zone was moreover elevated in dimension, thereby putting double the quantity of gamers in hazard of regulation at the end of the 2026 marketing campaign. The level system also underwent a major facelift, with higher significance being positioned on wins.

The sequence of adjustments did little to stop a number of stars from escaping the alleged sinking ship. Back in January, Brooks Koepka grew to become the first top participant to be formally reinstated by the PGA Tour thanks to a one-time Returning Member Program. Patrick Reed, who spent 4 seasons on LIV Golf, moreover shared that he can be returning to the PGA Tour once eligible in August.