LIV Golf executives have reportedly been summoned to an “emergency summit” in New York as rumors swirl about the future of the breakaway golf league.
The Saudi-backed organization has continued to struggle for television viewership in the US despite poaching stars like Bryson DeChambeau away from the PGA Tour.
And according to The Telegraph, a “seismic” announcement now awaits LIV – with the media center closed to reporters ahead of the circuit’s upcoming event in Mexico.
The Telegraph also reported that there wasn’t a single executive from LIV present at the site of the tournament in Mexico City, the Club de Golf Chapultepec.
“I’ll be honest. None of the players have heard anything,” one LIV player told the publication. “It’s hopefully a merger. Everyone gathers at Augusta don’t they?”
The report comes after the X account @acaseofthegolf1 said on Tuesday night that a “bombshell announcement” was imminent for LIV.
The account, which boasts over 195k followers, added: “We don’t give out gambling advice but If your’re a prediction market type person I would bet the under of whatever they have posted.”
LIV shook up the golf world upon its founding in 2021, as it offered eye-watering salaries to players via Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (which owns the league), and successfully courted the likes of DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson.
By 2023, the PGA and LIV had signed a “framework agreement” which outlined both sides’ “common goal of creating a golf partnership and of growing and promoting the game of golf globally…”
The agreement was signed by then-PGA commissioner Jay Monahan, head of the PIF Yasir Al-Rumayyan and DP World Tour Keith Pelley.
Since then, though, nothing concrete has been signed, even with Monahan, Al-Rumayyan, Tiger Woods and President Donald Trump meeting at the White House last year.
Monahan, who faced heavy scrutiny for his inconsistent handling of LIV, stepped down last year with Brian Rolapp taking over the PGA commissioner role.
Rumors have also persisted that LIV and the DP World Tour could wind up striking some sort of a deal, though DP sources told The Telegraph that the New York meeting was not tied to the Euro tour.
LIV’s last event was held in Midrand, South Africa and won by DeChambeau.
He failed to make the cut at the Masters as Rory McIlroy went on to repeat in Augusta.
