Dustin Johnson -- PIF governor told me LIV Golf to play in 2024 - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — LIV Golf League captain Dustin Johnson, like most professional golfers, doesn't know exactly what the sport's ecosystem will look like beyond this season.

But Johnson seems pretty sure about one thing: The LIV Golf League will be staging tournaments with 54 holes, shotgun starts and team competitions in 2024.

Johnson told ESPN on Wednesday that Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which is financing the LIV Golf League, told him the circuit will remain in business through 2024, despite PIF's new alliance with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.

«Everything I've heard, they're still working on a full schedule for next year,» Johnson said. «The rest of this year and 2024 is going to be the same as far as I know. After that, you know as much as I do.»

Bryson DeChambeau, captain of Crushers GC, said he spoke to Al-Rumayyan shortly before the deal was announced on CNBC on June 6. He also seemed confident the team-focused league would play beyond this season.

«That is what was talked about,» DeChambeau said. «Those are private conversations, and I don't know exactly what his future plans are because he was right about to go on CNBC. I didn't know what all was going on, but he said a couple of other cool ideas that I think could be interesting for the game of golf. But we'll see if it all happens because you've still got to dial in all of the details. There's a lot of unknowns.»

PGA Tour policy board member Jimmy Dunne told ESPN last week that PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan will oversee the PGA Tour and LIV Golf under the new agreement with PIF. Dunne said it would be Monahan's decision whether LIV Golf exists in its current form beyond this season.

LIV Golf has seven tournaments