Amid LIV Golf shutdown buzz, The Cardinal still planning to host

LIV Golf will live on, for now. That's the official word being shared from the five-year-old professional golf tour to golf clubs that are signed up to host tournaments this year, including The Cardinal at Saint John's Resort in Plymouth Township. Officials at The Cardinal, which hosted LIV Golf's 2025 season-ending team championship and is preparing to host the tour's signature tournament again in August 2026, have had recent conversations with LIV Golf and have been assured that the 2026 tournament is a go , according to a resort source close to the situation but who isn't authorized to speak publicly.

Officials at The Cardinal declined to comment when contacted by The News about the future of its partnership with LIV Golf, deferring all questions to LIV Golf. LIV Golf has maintained a shutdown is not imminent, through public messaging from its CEO, Scott O'Neil. "I want to be crystal clear: Our season continues exactly as planned, uninterrupted and at full throttle," LIV Golf O'Neil wrote in a message to tour staff last Wednesday, amid rampant speculation and news reports LIV Golf is preparing to lose its primary source of funding, from the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund.

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