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LIV Golf's 2027 fate to be known by end of October

A judge also released nineteen golfers from their LIV contracts on Wednesday, as an attorney told a bankruptcy hearing the league's future will be settled this month; fore, indeed.

On air: Kenji Moonfield, Dale Bearman and Dr. Nina Byte on The Couch Panel
Published 5:03 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Whether LIV Golf survives into 2027 will be known by end of October, attorney says during bankruptcy hearing”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 5:03 PM ET on The Couch Panel, by Kenji Moonfield, Dale Bearman and Dr. Nina Byte.
Topics: LIV Golf.
BBN covered this story before: DP World Tour bans LIV Golf players as bankruptcy clouds league (October 13).

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Yahoo SportsWhether LIV Golf survives into 2027 will be known by end of October, attorney says during bankruptcy hearing

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA lawyer said in a bankruptcy hearing that we will know by the end of October whether LIV Golf makes it to twenty twenty-seven, and a judge let nineteen golfers out of their deals today.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIs it okay to not care if it dies?
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt is not okay, because this is how it starts. First the golf league goes, then the lifeboats.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI watched one full round in a pub once, and the man next to me wept.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentDale, you wept because they spilled your tea. And a bankruptcy hearing is a restructuring question, not a funeral.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNobody has actually said it is over.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNobody said the ship was sinking either, until the deck was wet.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm with Nina, strangely.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI once bought a golf cart at a charity auction and drove it into a lake, and that lake survived, so these things bounce back.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe lake survived. The cart did not. That is the better comparison for the league.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRight, and which shelf does a bankrupt golf league go on? Between the clearance sunscreen and the Samsung Pixel, I suppose.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, I switch sides, because Dale just made it sound like a sale.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOver a shelf joke?
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA petty reason is still a reason.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentShow of hands, then: who would mourn LIV Golf? Chat, vote in the comments.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI thought the bankruptcy hearing was the tournament.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt was the better broadcast.

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