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LIV Golf\u2019s Mexico City event isn\u2019t off to a hot start.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After a Wednesday filled with rumors of the rebel league\u2019s impending demise, Thursday\u2019s broadcast of the first round hit a snag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just a few shots into the tournament, LIV Golf\u2019s live stream went dark, showing a message stating \u201cPlease stand by. Technical issues\u201d instead of play on the course.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The technical difficulties started about ten minutes after the first tee times on Thursday at 3:15 p.m. ET, and had dragged on for over an hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"LIVLIV Golf\u2019s live stream fumbled big-time on Thursday. LIV Golf\/YouTube<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know many of you were tuning in, and we\u2019re sorry for the disruption,\u201d the official LIV Golf account wrote on X. \u201cWe\u2019re experiencing technical difficulties due to local power outages which is impacting our broadcast feed. We\u2019re working on a resolution and hope to be back on air as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The league said the issue was \u201csevere.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s safe to say the stream snafu is not how LIV Golf wanted to kick off this weekend\u2019s tournament after a chaotic 24-plus hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The day prior, LIV executives were reportedly summoned to an \u201cemergency summit\u201d in New York as rumors swirled about the Saudi-backed tour\u2019s future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Financial Times reported that Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund was close to cutting off support for LIV, which has shaken up the golf world since launching nearly five years ago.<\/p>\n

Golf reporter Ryan French said Wednesday that a \u201cbombshell announcement\u201d was coming about LIV Golf \u201cshutting down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MastersMasters champion Jon Rahm of Spain plays a stroke from the No. 2 tee during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, Sunday, April 12, 2026. Augusta National\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers didn\u2019t get paid today, power went out because the bill wasn\u2019t paid, employees didn\u2019t get paid. Stuff like that. There is definitely a lot going on\u2026 Things are not good,\u201d French said on X Spaces.<\/p>\n

LIV Golf CEO Scott O\u2019Neil attempted to shut down talk of his company\u2019s rumored downfall, writing in an email to staff that the 2026 season is continuing \u201cexactly as planned, uninterrupted and at full throttle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The breakaway golf tour has made waves over the last few years, attracting the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson with nine-figure deals and shorter tournaments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But they\u2019ve begun to show cracks of late, including the losses of Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed, who both left LIV for a shot back on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIV Golf\u2019s Mexico City event isn\u2019t off to a hot start.\u00a0 After a Wednesday filled with rumors of…","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_volume":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[66,122,959,310,95,121,2179],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-golf","tag-liv-golf","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-golf","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports","tag-streaming-video","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@fogolf\/117324567492065277","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}