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With an “explosive announcement” about LIV Golf, Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour professional Brandel Chamblee believes the rival circuit is coming to an end.
Golf reporter Ryan French said during an X Spaces broadcast that he has “some pretty good sources” who told him that “LIV is closing,” according to the FlushingItGolf account he was listening to.
“I have everything from them, and these are people that I trust, that you know,” French said, according to the account. “The players didn’t get paid today, the power went out because the bill wasn’t paid, the employees didn’t get paid. Things like that.”
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Television analyst Brandel Chamblee watches during a practice round prior to the 123rd US Open Championship at 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 were summoned to an emergency meeting in New York amid speculation about the league’s future.
Chamblee, who has been one of LIV Golf’s biggest critics since its inception, backed French’s report, believing the circuit will fall apart.
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“Given that the product was so poorly conceived and ended up being worse than anyone could have imagined – with quick starts, initially 54 holes, a team concept that was nothing but ridiculous and tournaments that meant and continue to mean nothing, and such a negligible number of spectators, losing billions along the way – would it surprise anyone if the Saudis came to their corrupt senses and finally sacrificed the entire harebrained tour,” Chamblee wrote in X on response to the reports.
The days of a possible merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour appear to be a pipe dream now, especially now that LIV stars like Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed have returned to their old roots.
Brandel Chamblee of the United States plays during day one of the Irish Legends at 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 Member Program, which allows LIV golfers who have won a Major or Players Championship since 2022 to return to the PGA Tour under specific conditions and financial penalties.
And although they haven’t, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith are all eligible for Koepka’s program. Reed is not on the program, although he is undergoing a period of suspension, where he plans to return to the Tour as a non-member in August 2026 before hopefully regaining full status in 2027.
Meanwhile, LIV Golf will begin its event in Mexico this week and still have nine events scheduled for the rest 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 Aramco LIV Golf Singapore on Sunday, March 15, 2026 in Sentosa, Singapore. (Mateo Villalba/AP)
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But, as French said in X Spaces, “things aren’t right.”
