Marcus Plunkett recently shed light on a significant but often overlooked aspect of the LIV Golf Promotions event. This tournament offers players a valuable chance to secure a card for the LIV Golf League International Series, a pathway that can be career-changing for many competitors.
The LIV Golf League is gearing up for an exciting year with fresh promotions and events that aim to engage fans and players alike. The latest episode of The League Itself Podcast sheds light on what to expect from the upcoming promotions event and the LIV Michigan Experience, offering a glimpse into the league’s evolving landscape.
The LIV Golf League continues to make headlines with recent roster changes and strategic moves that could reshape the competitive landscape. In the latest episode of The League Itself Podcast, key developments include Brooks Koepka’s departure, Gooch taking over Smash GC, and Mito’s retirement, signaling a period of transition within the league.
Reports suggest Si Woo Kim is close to joining LIV Golf, potentially as part of Iron Heads GC under captain Kevin Na.
The year in golf was filled with emotional turning points, personal stories and powerful scenes on and off the course.
Laurie Canter will tee it up for Majesticks GC in the 2026 LIV Golf League season, despite earning a PGA Tour card.
PGA Tour’s future, Scheffler’s stats, Nelly Korda’s fiancé, and a hole-in-one car dilemma. The Back Nine.
Despite ongoing discussions between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, a full reunification of professional golf seems far off, according to prominent players from both sides.
Speaking at the CNBC CEO Council Forum, Rory McIlroy, a long-time advocate for reunifying professional golf, expressed doubt about a resolution anytime soon. “I think unification would be better for the game overall,” McIlroy said. “But given everything that has happened over the past few years, I think it’s going to be very difficult to achieve.”
LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau echoed the sentiment in a recent FOX News interview. The two-time U.S. Open champion believes both sides are entrenched in their positions. “There are too many demands and not enough concessions on both sides,” he said, adding that it will take time for real progress to be made.
While the split in professional golf has caused controversy, one undeniable benefit has been financial. McIlroy noted back in February that both sides have profited and should now focus on reuniting the sport. “Whether you stayed on the PGA Tour or left, we’ve all benefited,” he said at the Genesis Invitational. “We’re playing for $20 million this week—that wouldn’t have happened without LIV. We need to move on, stop looking back, and do what’s best for the game moving forward.”
Although February showed signs of progress, talks stalled again in March. Since then, little has changed. LIV Golf continues to push for legitimacy, aiming to award Official World Golf Ranking points and transitioning to a 72-hole format.
Despite the current stalemate, DeChambeau remains hopeful. “I don’t want to speak for others, but I believe the game will improve over time,” he told FOX News. “This is a positive disruption, and it will take time for things to settle. Ultimately, I think it will be good for the game.”
As the 2025 season wraps up, we look back at the most pivotal decisions and moments that shaped professional golf this year.
Last week, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Player Director Adam Scott were in Washington to talk to US President Donald Trump about the planned involvement of the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund PIF as a minority investor in the new PGA Tour Enterprises venture. Since the announcement of the framework agreement by Monahan and PIF boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan in June 2023, negotiations have been very slow and complicated, not least due to the expected objections from the previously Democrat-dominated US Department of Justice and the antitrust authority based there. The Donald, on the other hand (“The best players in the world should also play on a joint tour”), had already been touting in his full-bodied manner before his re-election that he would wrap up the deal within 15 minutes.
“When the leader of the free world spends his time playing golf, I am very happy. This game is important. It conveys values that this world needs more of at the moment. It brings us together and connects us with each other.”
Scott O’Neil, new CEO of LIV Golf, in an interview with Al Arabiya News
The Gulf Post has already pointed out several times that Trump’s relations with the Saudis and with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally, as well as the Republican dictate in the US government bodies, should be very conducive to an agreement. This is exactly what will happen. “We have asked the President to commit himself for the good of the sport, the country and all countries involved,” reads a statement issued by Monahan, Scott and Tiger Woods – also a player director. “We are grateful that his leadership has brought us closer to a final agreement and paved the way for the reunification of men’s professional golf.” That sounds like a very deep kowtow to the White House. And Scott O’Neil’s statement is better left uncommented …