If LIV Golf is in its final days, Sergio Garcia hasn’t heard as much.
The Spanish golfer shut down rumors of the rebel league’s impending demise when asked about the chatter online on Wednesday at an event before LIV’s Mexico City tournament this weekend.
“We haven’t heard anything other than what Yasir [Al-Rumayyan] told us at the beginning of the year. That he’s behind us, that they have a long-term project,” Garcia said. “You know there are always a lot of rumors, and I can’t tell you anything more than what we already know.”
Al-Rumayyan is the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, whose funding of LIV Golf came into question on Wednesday when talk emerged that the league could be shutting down.
LIV executives were said to have been summoned to an “emergency summit” in New York, while the Telegraph reported that a “seismic” announcement is awaiting the Saudi-backed league, fueling speculation across the golf world.
The Financial Times added that the PIF is on the verge of cutting off support for LIV after investing $5 billion in it to date.
LIV CEO Scott O’Neill sent an email on Wednesday stating the league will go “full throttle” through 2026.
“I want to be crystal clear: Our season continues exactly as planned, uninterrupted and at full throttle,” O’Neil wrote in the email shared by multiple outlets. “While the media landscape is often filled with speculation, our reality is defined by the work we do on the grass. We are heading into the heart of our 2026 schedule with the full energy of an organization that is bigger, louder, and more influential than ever before.”
Since launching in 2021, LIV has shaken up the sport, courting stars like Garcia, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson.
LIV has since struggled with poor TV ratings, bad performances from stars at major tournaments, like this past weekend’s Masters when DeChambeau missed the cut and Rahm barely made the weekend, and high-profile departures from the likes of Patrick Reed and Brooks Koepka.
Garcia, the 2017 Masters winner, finished 52nd at Augusta National last weekend and made his frustrations clear during a tough weekend after making the cut.
During the final round on Sunday, Garcia smashed his driver into the ground and whacked a nearby cooler, earning him a code-of-conduct warning, for which he later apologized.
“I want to apologize for my actions on Sunday at The Masters tournament,” Garcia wrote in a post on X on Tuesday. “I respect and value everything that The Masters and Augusta National Golf Club is to Golf. I regret the way I acted and it has no place in our game. It doesn’t reflect the respect and appreciation I have for The Masters, the patrons, tournament officials and golf fans around the world.”
