LIV Golf’s uncertain future leaves Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and others in limbo

LIV Golf disrupted professional golf's status quo when it began poaching players and holding its own tournaments in 2022, backed by the hefty wallet of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). It created division within the sport as several notable former major tournament winners elected to take historic pay days to defect from the PGA Tour. Less than four years after LIV officially teed off, its experiment appears appears to be on the verge of ending .

The Saudi sovereign wealth fund, which has reportedly spent more than $5 billion founding and operating LIV Golf, could pull its money following the 2026 season as part of a strategic shift, according to multiple reports. LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil wrote in an email to staff on Wednesday, April 15 that the 2026 season would "continue as planned," but he did not comment on the state of the company beyond this year. The Saudi Public Investment Fund also did not mention LIV Golf in a news release Tuesday announcing its 2026-2030 strategic vision.

That leaves a lot of golfers in limbo moving forward, from big stars such as Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm to recent additions such as reigning NCAA champion Michael La Sasso. There were 57 golfers in the field for the LIV Golf Mexico City tournament this week. Will every LIV golfer wind up back on the PGA Tour?

The process won't be straightforward, and not simply because PGA Tour officials and existing PGA Tour golfers don't necessarily want them to return. Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed are already taking two different pathways after leaving LIV Golf in favor of a PGA Tour comeback before the 2026 season, and they're not the only ones to switch back to the PGA Tour from LIV Golf this year. Here's a breakdown of what the process of allowing LIV Golf competitors back to the PGA Tour could look like and how the PGA Tour handled recent situations with defectors who wanted to return: Can LIV Golf players return to the PGA Tour?