LIV’s $40m team finale likely canceled, says ‘disappointed’ captain
Martin Kaymer, captain of LIV Golf’s Cleeks team, advised reporters on Wednesday that it’s “highly unlikely” the circuit will stage its August team finale in Michigan.
The information was first reported by Ben Parsons of Today’s Golfer, who spoke with a “disappointed” Kaymer forward of this week’s LIV Golf UK occasion.
It comes because the embattled league seeks to safe funding for subsequent season following the withdrawal of Saudi assist earlier this season.
Kaymer mentioned that he expects the following three LIV occasions — this week in England and subsequent occasions in New Jersey and Indianapolis — will go forward as scheduled, however barring a sudden change, the team finale in Michigan, scheduled for the Cardinal at Saint John’s in Plymouth, Mich., will not occur. (He put the probabilities at 5 %.) An earlier occasion scheduled for New Orleans was postponed indefinitely.
One quote from Kaymer stands proud from the report. He was processing the thought of the team occasion doubtlessly transferring up per week, to Indianapolis, and wound up reflecting on LIV’s yr.
“On the other hand, how do you want to have a team winning the whole season if you don’t have a team event? We need to be honest. The whole season was a bit of a…,” he awning TG. “There was so much happening. Canceled New Orleans. Canceled most likely the last event. So I think it’s important to just finish the season and hopefully we’ll have a plan for 2027.”
Kaymer added that he hasn’t given up on the league’s future; I’ve echoed fellow captains’ hopes that they’ll “hit the reset button” for a scaled-back model of LIV going ahead; CEO Scott O’Neil hopes to safe funding by September. Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter mentioned this week that they’d helped join the league with potential buyers, whereas Jon Rahm said the league was holding him knowledgeable however did not have particular assurances about its future.
“I’m not going to share anything that I can’t share with you guys right now,” he mentioned, requested whether or not he expects to play LIV subsequent season.
The Michigan information comes on the heels of the Asian Tour exiting its settlement with LIV in favor of a partnership with the DP World and PGA Tours, which was introduced Tuesday.
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