There are no guarantees right now that LIV Golf will even be around after the end of this season.
However, what is clear is that LIV Golf will not be supported by limitless funds moving forward.
The future of LIV Golf is completely up in the air right now after Saudi Arabia’s PIF announced that they will be withdrawing their financial support from the league at the end of the 2026 season.
There have been suggestions that the end could be nigh for LIV Golf after PIF confirmed their plans for the future.
It has even been claimed that LIV Golf duo Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm have sounded out the PGA Tour about potential returns.
It would be no surprise at all if LIV golfers were making contingency plans right now, with their futures obviously uncertain.
However, one particular player is not worried at all about what the future may hold.
LIV golfer confirms he will never return to the PGA Tour
Thomas Pieters joined LIV Golf back in February 2023.
The 34-year-old represented Team Europe at the Ryder Cup in 2016 and has six DP World Tour victories to his name.
He has been speaking to Dan Rapaport on the Dan on Golf Podcast, and he responded about what he plans on doing if LIV Golf does indeed fold.
“I’m definitely never going back to the PGA Tour,“ Pieters said.
“I’ve never liked that life. And that’s not me having a go at the PGA Tour, it’s not for me.
“I tried it and I just wasn’t happy there. If it (LIV) goes away, I’ll probably try and play some on the European Tour or I don’t know. I really don’t know.
“I’m not fussed about it at this point because I feel like I still have a duty to focus on these next six, seven tournaments on LIV and then we’ll see. They’re obviously trying to get it together next year. We’ll see.”
What Scott O’Neil has told the players about LIV Golf’s future
It seems as though LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil has been very transparent with the players about what the future may hold.
“We got paid. We are getting paid. It was a week late. Some got it early, some got it a week late, but I’m not sure these guys check their bank accounts every two seconds,“ Pieters admitted.
“I think whatever comes out officially from LIV is what we’re getting half a day before it goes out. Scott is telling us that he’s going to a broader market and trying to fund this for next year.
“I guess it’s a massive challenge. But we just have to wait and see.
“We are just guessing right now. But if we’re playing for 5 million next year or I could play on the DP World Tour for 3 million but be close to home that’s something I’d have to look at it when it comes.
“Possibly there’s guys going. But I think that’s up to Scott and his team to get this thing together and we’ll just have to find out.”
