LIV Golf’s deathbed with Saudi PIF and Yasir out, McLaren golf club costs, and FBF on Doral

About this episode

The episode discusses the future of LIV Golf amidst leadership changes and funding issues, along with insights on PGA Tour events and golf equipment.

LIV Golf might've learned something from Andy's weekend of garage sales as they're looking for buyers ahead of the 2027 season. Andy joins Brendan! from a very empty house for this First of the Month Recording packed with - you guessed it! - more LIV news from the golf story of the year. As first reported by Josh Carpenter, Yasir Al-Rumayyan is OUT as Chairman of LIV Golf, leaving his post on the league's Board of Directors as the Saudi PIF pulls its funding at the end of 2026. LIV replaced Yasir with two new board members on Thursday, one of whom has a long history of joining companies cleaning up the pieces after filing for bankruptcy. Andy and Brendan bat around some LIV takes, including what value, if any, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm might actually bring to the PGA Tour if they were to return. Should LIV fold or look drastically different moving forward, it's decided that the biggest winner could be the DP World Tour with players such as David Puig and Tyrrell Hatton playing there full-time next year. Meanwhile, the PGA Tour is playing this week for another $20 million purse at Trump Doral, where True American Patriot Cameron Young broke the course record on a day with no…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy, Brendan

Topics covered

• LIV Golf
• PGA Tour
• golf equipment
• sports funding
• golf player transfers
• golf tournaments

Keywords

• LIV Golf
• Yasir Al-Rumayyan
• PGA Tour
• McLaren clubs
• Cameron Young
• Trump Doral
• golf news
• golf players
• golf funding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LIV Golf, PGA Tour, DP World Tour, McLaren

Places: Miami

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