On September 8–9, 2026, the Saudi Arabia-backed professional golf league LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after failing to establish a viable business model. Australian golfer Cam Smith and other players face uncertainty amid the reorganization.
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LIV Golf — the Saudi-backed league that upended the sport with a costly splash but failed to identify a viable business model — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. Why it matters: It's an ignominious turn of events for a brash organization that lured some of the biggest stars away from the PGA Tour with enormous paydays that proved to be unsustainable. The big picture: LIV repre
LIV Golf, the Saudi-funded tour that once aimed to take over professional golf, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday as it attempts to restructure and restart what it called its “next chapter.”
In a bankruptcy claim filed in the United States on Wednesday, LIV Golf said it owed its players millions of dollars, including about $10.2 million to Jon Rahm.
⛳ LIV Golf, the breakaway tour that spent billions of dollars luring top players away from the PGA and triggered bitter divisions within the sport, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday u.afp.com/SjSc
Six months after Saudi Arabia pulled funding from the breakaway organization, LIV Golf have filed for bankruptcy protection. Several of the world's best players signed on to LIV, so where does that leave golf?
LIV Golf, the professional men's golf tour owned by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it begins restructuring, the organization announced on Tuesday.