Is this really the end of LIV and what's next for some the world's best golfers? - ESPN

The breakaway LIV Golf League notified a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge Thursday that it won't move forward with its plans for LIV 2.0 and will shutter the tour. BC Partners Credit pulled its offer of $300 million in financing a day earlier, after its negotiations with top golfers broke down.

What's next for LIV Golf stars such as Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith? When will they be allowed to play on the PGA Tour again? Will LIV golfers, who are owed hundreds of millions of dollars under the terms of their contracts, ever get paid by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund?

Here's a look at what's next for LIV Golf and some of the game's most accomplished players:

Though LIV Golf said in a statement Thursday that it would «remain open to, and continue to consider, any value-maximizing alternatives with third parties that might arise throughout the wind-down process,» the end is here.

LIV Golf will start winding down its business and will submit a new Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of New Jersey on Monday.

According to Blanka Wolfe, a corporate bankruptcy analyst at credit data and intelligence company Octus, LIV Golf will liquidate unless someone unexpectedly «swoops in to invest.»

If Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund couldn't make it work after investing $6 billion over five years, it's hard to imagine anyone else will take the chance. — Mark Schlabach and Tisha Thompson

Though fans want to see the best golfers in the world competing more often than in just the four majors, it will be more complicated. LIV golfers won't come back to the PGA Tour without discipline.

If we're going off the punishment that former LIV Golf star Patrick Reed faced when he returned to the PGA Tour in