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LIV Golf announces it will shutter league after failing to secure enough backing

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Just The News · collected 2026-11-06 · by Misty Severi

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LIV Golf announced it will shut down its league due to failing to secure enough financial backing and player support for LIV 2.0, as reported by ESPN. BC Partners had decided against investing $300 million in the new iteration of the controversial golf league on Wednesday. A LIV Golf attorney stated that despite extensive negotiations, consensus among stakeholders could not be reached within the necessary timeframe to proceed with a viable LIV 2.0 plan.
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LIV Golf, a breakaway professional golf league backed by Saudi Arabia, is set to shut down after losing its latest financial support. BC Partners, an investment firm that was expected to provide up to $300 million for the relaunch of "LIV 2.0," has withdrawn its backing due to insufficient player commitment. The league began in 2022 with high-profile players like Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Phil Mickelson signing on, but it struggled after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) withdrew funding earlier this year. LIV Golf filed for bankruptcy protection in September and has now decided to wind down operations instead of pursuing a new version of the league.

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Topics

BC Partners Chapter 11 LIV 2.0 LIV Golf U.S.

Subjects

LIV Golf ORG · 4× BC Partners ORG · 3× LIV 2.0 ORG · 2× ESPN ORG · 1× Jon Rahm PERSON · 1× Matthew Williams PERSON · 1× Michael Kaplan PERSON · 1× Sergio Garcia PERSON · 1× Tyrrell Hatton PERSON · 1× U.S. GPE · 1×

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"Every constituency made meaningful efforts to find common ground, but ultimately, despite everyone's best efforts, we just couldn't get to the level of combined financial and player support necessary for a viable LIV 2.0 within the required timeline," he added.
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🔮 LIV Golf announces it will shutter league after failing to secure enough backing The move comes after BC Partners decided against investing $300 million in LIV 2.0 on Wednesday after it couldn't reach an agreement with other key stakeholders.
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LIV Golf announces it will shutter league after failing to secure enough backing The move comes after BC Partners decided against investing $300 million in LIV 2.0 on Wednesday after it couldn't reach an agreement with other key stakeholders. asserted
it → announce → stakeholders
The controversial professional golf league LIV Golf announced Thursday to a U.S. bankruptcy court that it will be shuttering the league after its backers pulled its funding beyond the current season and it failed to get another supporter in time. asserted
it → announce → time
A LIV Golf attorney told Judge Michael Kaplan that the league would file a new Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan Monday and wind down its operations after it failed to get the necessary financial commitment and player support to proceed with LIV 2.0, according to ESPN. uncertain
it → tell → ESPN
"The debtors were ultimately unable to bring the key parties to a fully consensual arrangement that would have supported a financially viable LIV 2.0 league," Attorney Matthew Williams said. asserted
Williams → bring → league
"As a result, the debtors are not currently proceeding with the LIV 2.0 plan. asserted
debtors → proceed → plan
Instead, the debtors are toggling to a value-maximizing wind-down of their business. asserted
debtors → toggle → business
The move comes after BC Partners decided against investing $300 million in LIV 2.0 on Wednesday after it couldn't reach an agreement with other key stakeholders. asserted
it → come → stakeholders
The decision not to invest in LIV 2.0 comes after former LIV Golf stars Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton and others failed to commit to the new tour and play on the DP World Tour next season instead. asserted
stars → invest → Tour
"This is not for lack of a good faith effort," Williams said. asserted
Williams → say → effort
"Over the past several weeks, the debtors, BC Partners, the players, the creditors committee, we all negotiated intensely and in good faith. asserted
we → negotiate → faith
The parties worked through multiple iterations of the financing for a reorganized league, the upsized [debtor in possession] documents necessary to support the process, and the terms on which the players could and would participate. uncertain
players → work → which
"Every constituency made meaningful efforts to find common ground, but ultimately, despite everyone's best efforts, we just couldn't get to the level of combined financial and player support necessary for a viable LIV 2.0 within the required timeline," he added. asserted
he → make → timeline
The planned closure comes five years after the league made a grand entrance to the world of professional golf. asserted
league → plan → golf
You can follow her on X for more coverage. asserted
You → follow → coverage
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