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Saudi PIF will end funding for LIV Golf, WSJ reports

sportsApr 29, 2026181,977

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will stop funding LIV Golf after this season, and LIV plans to inform players and staff on Thursday. The withdrawal cuts off the Saudi cash that financed LIV's bid to build a rival tour by signing A-list players and spending billions on events since 2022. The PGA Tour has declined to guarantee reinstatement for players WHO defected, leaving many to face contract disputes and eligibility hurdles. If the funding ends, LIV tournaments and player deals could collapse, reshaping professional golf's competition and sponsorship landscape.

Carl Quintanilla
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. After spending recent weeks on life support, LIV Golf has lost the funding of its Saudi backers.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/sports/golf/...

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Jay W164

It’s star players face the walk of shame, after lining their pockets with all those BoneSaw Bucks

Annalisa104

I love this for all of them

Peter Principle83

Get ready for the Golden Ballroom and LIV Golf Relief Act of 2026.

Shai Hulud 🇺🇸 & 🇳🇬 & 🇮🇳82

MBS has been know to cut people off.

Karmageddon65

FABULOUS! The golfers who jumped ship are like scabs are to unions. FFS, even Tiger Woods didn't go over to LIV. To hell with DeChambeau, Sergio, Mickelson and all the rest. Make them grovel until they retire. I hope Rory McIlroy, who refused to defect to LIV, is thoroughly enjoying this.

clnzjay 🌱 🐶 🇨🇦58

Hahahaha! And the LIV Golf was was tied to Trump's golf courses. #ETTD.

tartan37.bsky.social29

I think I remember the PGA Tour telling you to go and don’t come back. I’m looking for a taco Tuesday for the PGA.

bobhudsonvalley.bsky.social28

Now professional PGA golfers who have chosen to pocket Saudi Arabia (MBS) blood money will have no choice but to crawl back here or retire but make no mistake their legacy will never be the same.

obg99.bsky.social25

Saudis are learning a valuable lesson and I'm there for it. Prince Bonesaw sucks. Everything trump touches dies.

spencerdow.bsky.social20

Dear star players that voted to leave the PGA... Welcome to your F.O. portion of your life.

K. Moore 🦋📚🎼19

Saudi will pull back on spending in other sectors too, wish they would pull out of the Warner Bros merger too.

Diana Smith17

Bahahahahaha I love this for them.

Bessie the Cow15

More like DED Golf amiright

sp-fxx.bsky.social12

Those ship jumpers should not be allowed back in. They went for Money Bags Saudiman’s blood money and totally disregarded the regime’s human rights record.

Pascals Wager12

If the Saudis are reevaluating investments, I’m thinking it won’t be long until they recall their stake in Kushner’s fund that has yet to earn a dime.

Trump is a convicted RAPIST11

Mohammed bin Salman's Bone-Saw Tours will not be missed.

The Resistance CO10

Boo hoo! They took the bone saw money. Hope it’s very painful for these multi millionaires!

thierno9

Ouch... Sucks for those who jumped ship, to follow a shiny object. Not all that glitters is good/ gold. Ha.

Katrine Koenig9

too bad for trump's golf courses

Auburn Blake7

I hate that for those sellouts, I mean pro golfers.

Jay W7

And at what point does Saudi Arabia and the UAE cash in their “investments” into Jared Kushner’s fund Only to discover it was a Ponzi scheme?

doughardy.bsky.social6

“Players face a painful road back” after collecting tens of millions in signing fees. Cry me a river

Juliet 🏳️‍⚧☭6

Saudis timing on this is a direct result of the US backing UAE's exit from OPEC

TRuxMintinBox5

lol. Fuck those greedy assholes.

nukidz13.bsky.social5

None of the Liv golfers should be allowed back until minimum 3yr probationary period and only limited number of tournaments.No majors until end of probationary period.They were greedy and took bloodmoney and flipped the bird to the tour

Hello Sarah 🇲🇽5

Great material for the next Riyadh comedy festival

Larry “I Mostly Just Reply So Read’em” Alberts5

“You can come back to the PGA Tour, if you pay us all the money LIV Golf paid you to be on its tour.”

ChiTownMar5

Best news of the day.

Brad5

Anyone else remember when LIV “spelled the end” for the PGA?

Nick SomethingGreek4

MBS is kinda known for cutting things off….

cameraman11.bsky.social4

Good Maybe don't accept blood money

Danger Din4

As PGA made clear in the beginning, they will not be welcome back. These hacks jumped for money from a murdering terrorist leader. There should be a lifetime ban from the PGA!

Sane American4

Make the greedy defectors pay a two year suspension before they can get back to the PGA.

cslaterme.bsky.social4

The guys who jumped to LIV for those big paydays should have to at least sit out a couple of seasons, or even not allowed back at all.

Keith Goodall4

PGA should ban all those that jumped ship for the $$$$

Heron go Bragh4

Wow they just violently sawed them right out of their contracts. Sad.

Kelly Frady3

Looks like Koepka read the writing on the wall and bailed before this announcement. I wish the PGA hadn't welcomed him back so quickly.

Jim Barrows 🇺🇸3

Will the Golfer-in-Chief now bail out LIV ala Spirit Airlines?

Elizabeth3

Good. And I hope the PGA tells all those who left for LIV Golf that they can pound sand.

Ken Shaw3

Oh. What a surprise. This was going to happen, so easy to predict. Never was necessary.

lapeemommee.bsky.social3

They made their beds. FAFO

Kerri3

Well ain’t that a shame. I wonder what money laundering grift it was for the Saudis and who benefited on the other end.

meekman.bsky.social3

Lol. They sold their reputation for money then they lost both their reputation and the money. Nobody deserves it more.

cademc.bsky.social3

Good! Let LIV die! Traitors for $$$, all of them!

Alison3

I bet trump isn’t happy about this.

Bluesky Guy Bunchanumbers2

Now the Tour will cry poor-mouth and try to roll back those increased purses and bonus money

Alan B2

Yeah can't say I'll shed any tears, the top flight guys will be fine but the lower ranks have a real problem

joecorey3rd.bsky.social2

Think how badly Trump wanted LIV to equal merge with PGA. It was a golf ponzi scheme after all. Will Trump golf courses that hosted LIV events be scorned by PGA.

ElleM2

Is this push back to trump? www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-go...

depressivehacks2

Brooks Koepka looks like a fucking genius if this is true.

Joe Thoma IV2

Koepka and Reed look pretty smart at this point. Bryson hinted that he might just do YouTube videos now. But Rahm. That fuckin guy left after he knew what it meant to leave, then didn't take the opportunity to come back when he knew the writing was on the wall. PGA should black ball him forever.

Fresh Charlie 🌴🐊🌴2

Who gives a shit??? You know what there are too many of in this world? Golfers!

Lavender Blossom 🌸2

Did anyone not see this coming?

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