'We haven't heard anything': Sergio Garcia speaks to rumors about LIV Golf's future
Rumors have been floated that the Saudi-backed tour might be shutting its doors.
Late Tuesday evening, a social media report put the golf world on notice: Something is brewing about the future of LIV Golf. Immediately, speculation ran rampant that the breakaway Saudi-backed tour might be abruptly shutting its doors. And why not?
Despite the deep pockets of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the now four-year-old tour is still struggling to find much traction. Television ratings are non-existent, the tour hasn’t signed a marquee player since Jon Rahm three years ago and the proposed union with the PGA Tour has never materialized. So no, a shuttering of LIV operations wouldn’t come as a complete surprise.
But Wednesday morning, as more speculation surfaced, LIV Golf itself presented a business-as-usual front, at least publicly, that included social media posts about upcoming tee times for this week’s event in Mexico City, as well as media availability ahead of the tournament, which is scheduled to begin Thursday. Enter Sergio Garcia, fresh off his Masters meltdown , who was asked about the rumors: “No, sincerely we haven’t heard anything,” Garcia said. “That is not what Yasir told us at the beginning of the year.
” Yasir would be Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the PIF. Garcia went on to explain that Al-Rumayyan told them prior to this season that “he is behind us with a long-term project. ” Sergio Garcia was asked about the rumors and reports of LIV Golf's demise in Mexico City.