Reports Reignite Saudi PIF’s LIV Golf Exit Talk
The Saudi PIF will not fund LIV after the 2026 season.
Questions continue to arise about LIV Golf’s future, one week out from the league’s first U. S. event of the 2026 season.
On Wednesday afternoon, multiple outlets reported that LIV plans to inform its players and staff that the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will no longer fund the league following the 2026 season. The move would confirm previous reports that surfaced two weeks ago , revealing that the PIF was close to cutting its support for LIV. According to the Wall Street Journal , LIV plans to tell players and staff “by Thursday.
” CNBC reported LIV is “expected to tell players and staff as early as” Thursday. However, sources with knowledge of LIV’s operations pushed back on the reports, telling Front Office Sports that all players and staff were already aware of the PIF’s looming exit, which has been widely reported. Neither LIV nor the PIF has released any official statements about their relationship ending.
LIV Already Looking for Investors Since questions arose about the PIF’s future funding, LIV CEO Scott O’Neil has already said on multiple occasions that the league is searching for new investors . “We have commitments to have this being a going concern,” O’Neil said in an April 17 interview with LIV’s U. K.