LIV Golf uncertainty – good for the game?

Much sporting focus has gone into the end of the calendar’s traditional summer events and the start of the new football season, but one development worthy of attention is the uncertainty surrounding the future of LIV Golf, a professional men's golf tour.

The infamous Saudi-backed start-up venture was launched in 2022 to rival the flagship PGA Tour and it pinched several of the game’s biggest names thanks to eye-watering financial incentives: Phil Mickelson was reportedly signed for $200 million, while big-hitter Bryson De Chambeau was offered a $125 million signing bonus and Jon Rahm eventually followed them for a multi-year deal believed to be worth over $300 million.

Several other well-known names left the longstanding, mainstream PGA setting which had given them their careers in search of extra cash.