LIV Golf is Shutting Down: What to Know About Its End

Jason Kelce Shows Off 6-Year-Old Daughter Wyatt's Golf SwingLIV Golf is packing up. The professional men’s golf tour, founded in 2021 as a competitor to the PGA Tour, announced it is officially closing up shop after months of speculation over its draining finances. According to a Nov. 5 announcement on the league’s website, in April CEO Scott O’Neil and other LIV Golf leadership began working with independent advisors to “identify the best, value-maximizing path forward for the Company and its stakeholders.” However, “in light of the current circumstances,” the announcement noted, "we believe shifting toward an orderly wind-down is the most responsible path forward for the League at this time. The dedication of LIV Golf’s players, employees, partners, and fans made everything the League accomplished possible.” In his own statement, O’Neil reflected on building the league up from the rough. "LIV Golf was fun, demanding, inspiring, at times challenging—but always rewarding,” he said. "We created memories that I hope will inspire a new generation of fans to follow, play, and fall in love with this great game.” And though the league is headed towards a wind down, the announcement did note the company will remain open to and consider any “value-maximum alternatives” that might arise. After its launch, LIV instantly caught the attention of the golf world by poaching players like Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson from the PGA Tour. And while the future of the tour—which is named after the Roman numerals for 54 as a nod to its 54-hole tournaments—had remained up in the air for quite some time, O’Neil had assured staff in April that the company was on, or rather in, the green. Michael Miller/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images“I want to be crystal clear: Our season continues exactly as planned, uninterrupted and at full throttle," O’Neil wrote in the email, obtained by multiple outlets. "While the media landscape is often filled with speculation, our reality is defined by the work we do on the grass.” Indeed, the CEO—who took over as head of the company in 2025 from Greg Norman—emphasized his confidence that the company would remain in a good spot through the end of 2026. “We are heading into the heart of our 2026 schedule,” he continued, “with the full energy of an organization that is bigger, louder, and more influential than ever before.” Considering the company was only five years old, O’Neil encouraged his employees to think of the growing unease toward the company as regular “startup pressure.”Hector Vivas/Getty Images“We signed up for this because we believe in disrupting the status quo,” he continued. “We have faced headwinds since the jump, and we've answered every time with resilience and grace. Now, we answer by doing what we do best: putting on the most compelling show in sports.” Nevertheless, LIV’s recent scorecard read differently. Last year, Eugenio Chacarra, who started his professional golf career with LIV in 2022 before exiting in 2025, criticized the tour for the way it treated him as a player. “I see what it’s like to win on the PGA Tour and how your life changes, how you get major access and ranking points,” Chacarra said in an interview with Flushing It Golf. “On LIV, nothing changes; there is only money.”The fate of the golfers currently under the LIV tour remains unclear, but Koepka previously made the jump from LIV to the PGA Tour earlier this year. Meanwhile, PGA Tour golfer Max Homa told Golfweek in April it would be “ridiculous” to not allow LIV players into his own tour. As he put it, “Everyone deserves a place to play golf.”For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App