LIV Golf is about to cancel its season-ending staff championship event in what will be the dying knell for the Saudi-backed insurgent tour.
The occasion, LIV Golf Michigan, was set to be held in suburban Detroit at The Cardinal at Saint John’s Resort from August 27-30 and had a prize pool of $40million.
However sources inform FrontOfficeSports that an announcement shall be made on Wednesday formally confirming the cancellation of the 2026 showpiece.
The cancellation comes as the way forward for the insurgent tour that pried names like Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith, and Bryson DeChambeau from the PGA Tour stays in query after the Saudi PIF introduced it will cease funding LIV after this season’s finish.
Within the months since that announcement, gamers have been left considerably in the dead of night over the viability for the way forward for the circuit.
Rumors surrounding the cancellation of the LIV regular-season finale – LIV Golf Indianapolis – additionally proceed to be bandied about. Nonetheless, that occasion continues to be scheduled to happen from August 20-23.
LIV Golf is about to cancel its staff championship occasion with its $40m prize pool
The insurgent tour, which poached Cam Smith (L) and Bryson DeChambeau (R), is seemingly on its final legs after the Saudi PIF introduced plans to tug its funding on the conclusion of the season
The tour now wants to lift $350million to function a season in 2027 after the PIF’s exit
However the Michigan occasion appears destined for the chopping block. One supply informed FOS final month, ‘I do not assume they’re going to ever get to Michigan.’
Across the similar time, LIV CEO Scott O’Neil could not assure that each one 4 remaining occasions would go on as scheduled. A kind of 4 occasions, LIV Golf UK, did get performed.
Hints had been dropped final week by Martin Kaymer, the captain of LIV’s Cleeks GC staff, who informed In the present day’s Golfer the Michigan staff championship was ‘extremely unlikely’ to be performed after O’Neil held a captains assembly that left ‘lingering questions’ to be answered.
The ultimate three occasions had been scheduled to happen in america. Along with the Indianapolis occasion, LIV Golf New York continues to be scheduled to go on at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Of the $40million prize pool, the profitable squad was alleged to take house $11.2million. Each these figures are down from final 12 months’s numbers of $50m and $14m, respectively.
That is the second occasion to be cancelled this season, becoming a member of LIV Golf Louisiana’s cancellation from again in April.
LIV continues to be searching for new traders to exchange the funding from the PIF. The tour is hoping to lift as much as $350million to maintain the league working in 2027.
