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JUST IN: The Trump-linked LIV Golf league is reportedly on the brink of COLLAPSE as its primary funder, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, weighs pulling the plug. After pouring billions into poaching top players and trying to upend the PGA Tour, LIV never caught on where it mattered most: U.S. audiences. The league reportedly lost nearly $600 million in 2024 alone, and now its future hangs by a thread.
JUST IN: The Trump-linked LIV Golf league is reportedly on the brink of COLLAPSE as its primary funder, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, weighs pulling the plug.
After pouring billions into poaching top players and trying to upend the PGA Tour, LIV never caught on where it mattered most: U.S. audiences. The league reportedly lost nearly $600 million in 2024 alone, and now its future hangs by a thread.
Trump repeatedly hosted and promoted LIV events, tying himself to a controversial project widely criticized as “sportswashing” by a foreign monarchy. Trump even cast doubt on Saudi involvement in 9/11 when asked, offending families of those killed in the September 11 attacks.
Despite landing stars like Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and Jon Rahm with massive payouts, LIV failed to build a sustainable business. Now, with players already gathered in Mexico for an event, uncertainty is swirling about whether the league will even survive the season.
If funding is pulled, it would mark a stunning collapse of one of the most aggressive, and politically controversial, attempts to reshape professional sports in recent history.