Two-time main champion Martin Kaymer has mentioned it’s “extremely unlikely” LIV Golf’s staff championship will happen this yr and admitted the gamers have no idea if the circuit will exist in 2027.
LIV is reeling from the withdrawal of Saudi Arabian financial backing from the top of this season after the Kingdom ploughed in additional than £3.75bn to bankroll its first three years.
Scott O’Neil, who turned turned LIV Golf chief government in January 2025, is attempting to generate $350m (£262m) of funding to maintain the tour going.
The subsequent LIV occasion begins on the JCB Membership in Staffordshire on Thursday earlier than tournaments in New York and Indianapolis previous to a scheduled staff championship in Michigan.
“I do know that Indianapolis is most probably taking place,” mentioned Kaymer, who’s captain of the Cleeks staff.
“There was a dialog on Wednesday: Michigan, extremely unlikely. In keeping with Wednesday, it did not look good.
“We had been hoping for a bit extra info [from the meeting]. We obtained the knowledge however we had been extra on the lookout for selections or what is going on subsequent yr.
“Sadly, even Scott cannot inform us as a result of he does not know. It relies upon a lot on the buyers.”
LIV suffered a blow this week when it was introduced that the PGA Tour and DP World Tour had agreed an alliance with the Asian Tour, which had been a accomplice of LIV.
O’Neil had recognized nationwide opens from around the globe to play a component in a brand new LIV schedule and stops on the Asian Tour had been thought of central to that plan.
Kaymer, who holed the profitable putt within the 2012 Ryder Cup, was candid in his response when requested if LIV had a future in 2027.
“Hopefully, I believe there’s lots of curiosity and it is trying good. However we have all been there. If the signature just isn’t there, then it does not imply something,” added the German.
“If these buyers resolve to tug out then we do not play subsequent yr on LIV Golf.
“And in the event that they resolve to do it, then we have now an opportunity.”
In the meantime, LIV has agreed to pay $1m (£748,000) to settle a lawsuit introduced by Stinger Golf, an Ohio-based golf tee producer, over a trademark infringement.
