“The president is going to Saudi Arabia to tell its autocratic leader, Mohammed bin Salman, that any deal between the Tour and the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund will be on the Tour’s preferred terms, and those terms will not include a long-term future for LIV,” Lynch wrote .

LIV Golf's investors are reaching into their pockets again for funding, with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund nearing $5 billion in spending on the three-year-old league.

McKenzie met up with Scot O'Neil, who replaced Greg Norman as LIV Golf CEO earlier this season. The breakaway Saudi golf league currently visits nine different countries on the 2025 schedule.

Following a few not-so-fortuitous final rounds, Bryson DeChambeau fought tooth and nail to avoid another at LIV Golf Korea. And that he did. DeChambeau fired a final round of 6-under 66 and reached 19 under for the tournament to fend off Crushers GC teammate, Charles Howell III, for a narrow two-stroke victory.

OWGR Chairman Trevor Immelman assured that it is nothing new for LIV Golf to enter the world ranking system, but the ball is not in his court.

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Talor Gooch is once again absent from a major championship after failing to receive a special invitation to this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow

President Trump's Saudi visit may reignite golf's civil war, reinforcing Tiger Woods' stance as LIV Golf faces an uncertain future.