The LIV Golf chief executive, Scott O’Neil, has admitted the nascent golf league’s finances are “managed very tightly” and said structural changes are on the way that would probably mean they needed to raise money, but he remained adamant the…
O’Neil insisted in his message to the staff that it was business as usual and that “our season continues at full throttle”. However, after previously claiming that PIF had assured finance until at least 2032, O’Neil this time did not…
Several of golf’s leading names are facing career limbo at the end of 2026 amid expectation Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will withdraw backing for the LIV Tour.While the likelihood is Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm will be afforded a…
LIV Golf was never an enterprise driven by logic. Not the conventional kind, at any rate. Throughout the entirety of its four-year run, the upstart golf league has never had to live by the rules that apply to every other…
LIV Golf might be losing Saudi Arabia as a key financial backer, according to a report in the Financial Times.An announcement on Saudi Arabia’s support for LIV could come Thursday, the newspaper said in citing people familiar with the matter.The…
Faldo’s new statement also contained links to those WhatsApp video messages in which he explained that the proposed show “was not all about LIV”, that he wanted to interview “fellow champions” and that there was nothing wrong with the two…
Norman says it with a laugh and acknowledges that Faldo was far from the only one who sent pelters in his direction when he was the chief executive tasked with launching the Saudi-funded breakaway league. Now much has changed, he…
Tournaments, as opposed to players, could become the next key domain in elite golf’s power struggle, with the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV circuit exploring the staging of national opens. Any such approach is likely to cause anxiety within the corridors of…
The Singapore Open will return to the global golf calendar in 2026 with The Business Times confirmed as presenting partner, marking a significant commercial milestone for one of Asia’s longest-standing professional tournaments.The 54th edition of the national Open will take…