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With an “explosive announcement” reportedly coming regarding LIV Golf, Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour pro Brandel Chamblee believes the rival tour is coming to an end.
Golf journalist Ryan French said on an X Spaces show that he had “some pretty good sources” telling him that “LIV was going out of business,” according to the FlushingItGolf account that was listening.
“I got everything, and these are people that I trust, that you know,” French said, according to the account. “The players didn’t get paid today, the electricity was cut off because the bill wasn’t paid, the employees didn’t get paid. Stuff like that.”
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Television analyst Brandel Chamblee observes a practice session ahead of the 123rd US Open Championship at the Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, California on June 13, 2023. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Telegraph Sport reported on Wednesday that LIV Golf executives had been called to an emergency meeting in New York amid speculation over the future of the league.
Chamblee, who has been one of LIV Golf’s biggest critics since its inception, supported French’s report, believing the tour would collapse.
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“Given that the product was so poorly designed and ended up being worse than anyone could have imagined – with shotgun starts, initially 54 holes, a team concept that was nothing but laughable and tournaments that meant and continue to mean nothing, and such a paltry number of viewers, losing billions along the way – it would surprise anyone if the Saudis came to their corrupt senses and ended up euthanizing this entire tour lame,” Chamblee wrote on X in response to the reports.
The days of a potential merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour now appear to be a pipe dream, especially as LIV stars like Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed have returned to their old roots.
American Brandel Chamblee plays during the Irish Legends Opening Day at the Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Resort in Donegal, Ireland on August 18, 2022. (Phil Inglis/Getty Images)
In fact, Koepka is part of a new returning members program, which allows LIV golfers who have won a major championship or Players Championship since 2022, to return to the PGA Tour under specific conditions and financial penalties.
And even though they haven’t yet, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith are all eligible for Koepka’s program. Reed is not part of the program, although he is going through a period of suspension, during which he plans to return to the Tour as a non-member in August 2026 before hopefully regaining full status in 2027.
Meanwhile, LIV Golf is set to tee off its Mexico event this week, and they have nine more events planned for the remainder of the 2026 calendar.
First place individual champion, captain Bryson DeChambeau of Crushers GC, holds the trophy during the trophy ceremony after the final round of the Aramco LIV Golf Singapore on Sunday, March 15, 2026 in Sentosa, Singapore. (Matéo Villalba/AP)
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But, as French said on X Spaces, “things aren’t going well.”
