What’s Going on with LIV Golf? May 2026 Edition

LIV Golf - May 2026: New 10-Event Schedule Explained , Team Majors & Korea Preview

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May 27, 2026

What’s Going on with LIV Golf? May 2026 Edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The New Business Plan™

What’s Changing?

What’s staying the same?

What are the players saying?

LIV Golf Korea 2026

It wouldn’t be a month in the year of 2026 if there weren’t a lot of things happening in the global golf landscape, specifically surrounding LIV Golf.

If you’ve been completely out of the loop, about 6 weeks ago there were rumblings that LIV Golf would be shutting down imminently, might not host the event that at the time was slated to start in just a couple of days, and reporters were advocating that you bet your life savings on LIV’s failure through your favorite prediction markets.

As has been the case since the start of LIV, the dust settled and a clearer of what was actually happening emerged. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) changed their priorities and part of that included no longer providing funding to LIV Golf. This meant a few different things:

LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil would have to find a way to fund the league without the help of PIF.

The business plan would need to be altered to extend the runway and reduce the time until profitability. Original estimates had this taking ~5-7 more years.

Those who had, as advised, withdrawn their life savings, opened new mortgages on their houses, and bet it all on the under for LIV Golf’s future were likely to have more serious financial troubles than the league itself.

LIV would bring on some new board members who specialized in accelerating the growth of businesses in transitory periods (not closing down struggling businesses as the media’s portrayal of these board members might suggest), and just last week they would take this new business plan to market.

The New Business Plan™

Just last week the new board had finalized the new business plan and would be beginning to pitch it to investors as they seek to raise between 250 and 350 million dollars to fund the league. There’s a lot that can be learned from those numbers. The most important is that it represents a drastic reduction in spending. While things were certainly on the extravagant side in the first few years of LIV Golf, this number would mean that spending would be reduced by nearly 60%. The majority of that can be done by reducing corporate bloat, slashing a few events, and perhaps a modest reduction in purse sizes.

I broke down the main pillars of the new business plan on socials here:

What’s Changing?

A few things.

First, the league will be expanding its player equity offerings. Originally this was only available to team captains, but will now be available to non-captains as well. This will aid in providing value to players whose playing contracts have expired, allow investment opportunities for those that believe in the growth of the league, and really help the players lock arms, band together, and try to grow this thing to what they all know it can become.

Second, and probably the most drastic of the changes, is the schedule. LIV Golf is pitching a 10 event schedule that is broken up into two types of events. The schedule will feature five “Signature Events” and five “Team Majors” (official name TBD, hopefully). The Team Majors will be elevated events that seek to highlight and create more exciting, marquee moments, like what the league has seen in Adelaide and South Africa. Expect to see these events have higher purses, be more focused on team scores, and potentially different points allocations.

And finally, the money that’s being raised will be used for more than just funding the league and extending the existing runway. It will be used to lay the groundwork and develop partnerships that will see the league grow into a commercially sustainable and successful business. This could include partnering with more tours or events around the world, continuing the growth of the franchises from the ground up, or expanding playing opportunities for current and future LIV Golf players.

What’s staying the same?

The league will remain focused on team golf. Though the 10-event schedule will be broken up into two different types of events, they will all be centered around team golf.

The league will also continue to endorse free agency in professional golf. Outside of the ten events that the players are contracted to play in, LIV Golf continues to encourage players to seek playing opportunities around the world.

A focus on global golf. The schedule will still primarily take place outside of the United States. The 10 events will be played across 5 different continents, so there will be some in the US, but expect the focus on growing the game globally, and developing partnerships to capitalize on the growth potential across the world.

What are the players saying?

All signs are pointing towards the players having full belief in The New Business Plan™.

To date nearly a dozen players have offered to invest their own personal money in their teams or the actual league. Over a dozen more have made introductions to potential future investors.

Ahead of this week’s event in Korea, Bryson DeChambeau reaffirmed this belief:

“I think we all have optimism that there is a business plan that makes sense for team golf.”

He’d go on to explain that he believes in the LIV Golf model as much as, if not more than traditional golf models.

“…other models have worked, as well, so I'm not going to say that one is better than the other, but I do see value in what team golf can provide not only worldwide but also in grass rooting the game of golf. National support, team national support, city local support, we grass root ourselves there.”

Previously, when speaking with Flushing It, he’s mentioned that he feels he has an obligation to make things work for LIV Golf. Bryson has mentioned that young players like David Puig, Caleb Surratt, Josele Ballester and more have taken a chance to join LIV Golf, and that he feels motivated to make things work out for them. He’s also reportedly been a major part in the pitch to potential investors, doubling down on his commitment to the league.

Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann said that this transitory period could end up being good for the league.

“I think Scott and his team (are) going to do a great job doing that and I feel like people work better under pressure. I think it’s going to be good for the league”.

LIV Golf Korea 2026

Not long from now LIV Golf will tee off at Asiad Country Club for the first round of LIV Golf Korea.

There have been a number of roster changes heading into this event, most notably from Korean Golf Club.

Over the weekend Korean Golf Club announced that Danny Lee, the only remaining member of what was once Kevin Na’s Iron Heads GC, would be moved off of the roster into a Wild Card spot for the remainder of the season. The decision was described as “mutual” and an official report from the league phrased the move as “Danny Lee opted to become an independent Wild Card player”. Filling his place on the team roster is Doyeob Mun. He’s not a big name player but he’s been having a great year on both the Korean PGA Tour and the Asian Tour. He’s currently tied for 13th in the International Series Rankings and has finished T10 or better in his last five events.

This roster move seems to be geared around improving the Korean Golf Club standings. Danny Lee hasn’t been playing well at all this year. His best finish was a tie for 32nd in Adelaide and he’s fallen outside of the top 500 in DataGolf’s rankings. Doyeob Mun ranks just outside of the top 200. Interestingly, in the announcement of Mun’s signing, it stated that Danny Lee would be a Wild Card player for the remainder of the season, but also said Mun would be joining for Korea and Andalucía. This could be part of a bigger plan to bring in an outside player, or it could be a trial period for Mun as KGC looks to improve their roster. This will be a big week for them as they’ll be the hometown favorites and the roster will have, by far, the most support from the fans in attendance.

The team likes their chances this week and expects to have their best performance to date. Captain Been An thinks the course favors KGC this week.

“Definitely some advantages for us … It’s what I’d call a very typical Korean-style grass and golf course setup. Most KPGA events and Korean golf courses use very similar grass types, so that familiarity definitely helps us understand the course better.”

Korean Golf Club aside, there are two other notable roster changes for this week. Tyrrell Hatton will not be playing for Legion XIII as he and his wife welcomed their first child into the world not long ago. His spot is being filled by Max Rottluff, a long-time reserve player for LIV Golf who hits the ball a mile, but hasn’t seen much action. Additionally, Paul Casey withdrew before the start of the event, citing wrist discomfort. He’ll be replaced by Travis Smyth. Smyth has been having a very strong year on the Asian Tour and currently sits second in the International Series rankings.

Scott Vincent rounds out the substitutes for this week, as he continues to fill in for HyFlyers GC captain Phil Mickelson, who remains out for personal reasons.

The course this week, Asiad Country Club, hosted the BMW Ladies Championship as part of the LPGA and LPGA of Korea Tour not long ago, but has not hosted any notable professional events since. The course was built to host the 2002 Asian Games and was renovated in 2019 by Rees Jones.