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With a “bombshell announcement” reportedly coming about LIV Golf, Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour pro Brandel Chamblee believes the rival tour 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 shutting down,” according to the FlushingItGolf account that was listening.
“I have everything from and these are people I trust that you know,” French said, according to the report. “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 looks on during a practice round before 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 bosses have been called to an emergency meeting in New York amid speculation about the future of the league.
Chamblee, who has been one of LIV Golf’s biggest critics since its inception, backed French’s report and believed the tour will crumble.
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“Given that the product was so ill-conceived and ended up being worse than anyone could have imagined – with shotgun starts, initially 54 holes, a team concept that was nothing short of ridiculous and tournaments that meant and continue to mean nothing, and such a paltry number of viewers who lost billions along the way – it would surprise anyone if the whole corrupt Saudi man surprised anyone, if the whole corrupt Saudi Arabian man limping,” Chamblee wrote on X in response to the reports.
The days of a potential merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour appear to be a pipe dream now, especially as LIV stars like Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed returned to their old roots.
Brandel Chamblee of the United States plays during Day One of the Irish Legends at the 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 membership program that 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 even if they haven’t, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith are all eligible for Koepka’s program. Reed is not in the program, although he is working through 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 is set to kick off at its Mexico event this week, and they still have nine events scheduled for the rest of the 2026 schedule.
First place individual champion Captain Bryson DeChambeau of Crushers GC holds the trophy during the trophy ceremony after the final round of the Aramco LIV Golf Singapore on Sunday, March 15, 2026 in Sentosa, Singapore. (Mateo Villalba/AP)
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But, as French said at X Spaces, “Things are not good.”
