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LIV Golf braces as league's fate could be settled by month's end

The Saudi Public Investment Fund has withdrawn its financial backing, leaving the breakaway league waiting on a decision due by month's end; the golf carts are nervous.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLIV Golf says it is quite concerned.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe rebel league has been fighting to stay afloat since the Saudi Public Investment Fund decided to pull its financial support, and the New York Post reports its fate could be decided by the end of the month.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo the league's entire business plan was one very generous backer, and the backer has left the building.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI have reviewed sturdier plans written on napkins.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLast time I said it is not okay to shrug, and I stand by that. First the golf league goes, then the lifeboats.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLifeboats.

  7. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentDale, the lifeboats are not affected. Nobody has proposed a golf cart rescue fleet, and the sea remains perfectly fine.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine today. The data also said fine in two thousand nine, and look where we are. Possibly on a golf cart.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFor fans, the question is simple: does the league survive, merge into something else, or quietly vanish.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe reports we have don't say which, and the decision is expected within weeks.

  11. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA league worried about its future, and a fan base that can't find the league on a Sunday anyway.

  12. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorQuite concerned. It's the most British thing a golf league has ever said, and I've never respected it more.

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The story so far

  1. Rahm exits LIV Golf, PGA Tour must answer on returns · Yahoo Sports
  2. DP World Tour decision delivers another blow to LIV Golf's future · Yahoo Sports
  3. LIV Golfers Face a Ryder Cup Choice for 2027 · Yahoo Sports
  4. DP World Tour bans LIV Golf players as bankruptcy clouds league · Fox News
  5. LIV Golf's 2027 fate to be known by end of October · Yahoo Sports
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