LIV Golf 2026 season on track despite reports of funding crisis, say sources

April 15 : LIV Golf's 2026 season will proceed as scheduled with the full backing of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, pushing back against reports that the rebel circuit was on the verge of collapse.

The sources, who have knowledge of the PIF's investment and LIV operations, said funding would continue and the remaining nine tournaments of the 14-event schedule would go ahead as planned.

Earlier on Wednesday, The Daily Telegraph reported that LIV Golf executives had been summoned to an "emergency meeting" in New York, before the Financial Times reported that the PIF was on the verge of cutting its support, though no final decision had been made.

The news comes one week after LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil was in Augusta, Georgia, for the Masters along with several members of the circuit's communications team. There were 10 LIV Golf players in the 91-player starting field at the Masters, including Englishman Tyrrell Hatton, who finished two shots behind winner Rory McIlroy in a share of third place.

'UNINTERRUPTED AND AT FULL THROTTLE'

O'Neil, in an email seen by Reuters, told players: "Our season continues exactly as planned, uninterrupted and at full throttle.

"While the media landscape is often filled with speculation, our reality is defined by the work we do on the grass. We are heading into the heart of our 2026 schedule with the full energy of an organization that is bigger, louder, and more influential than ever before," O'Neil continued.

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