Reports: 'LIV 2.0' plan includes boosted player equity, National Opens
Reports: 'LIV 2.0' plan includes boosted player equity, National Opens
Field Level MediaThu, June 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM UTC
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May 10, 2026; Sterling, Virginia, USA; Bryson DeChambeau hits a drive during the final round of LIV Golf Virginia golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Jack Power-Imagn Images (Jack Power-Imagn Images)
The future of LIV Golf will rely on players taking on more of an ownership stake to secure the tour's survival, while a new schedule will heighten the importance of each event during the season.
LIV 2.0, as it is being called, will move forward in 2027 without funding from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, removing the financial stability that got the tour through its first five seasons, albeit at huge monetary losses.
Yahoo Sports reported that tour players will not only have increased equity in the league moving forward, they also will regain their commercial rights to market themselves and reap the potential rewards.
Commercial rights especially would be beneficial to a player like Bryson DeChambeau, who is lined up as the face of LIV as it heads toward its new era.
LIV Golf also is to lean even more into the aspect of team golf, which has worked well for the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup, but has not gained anywhere near the same traction in the LIV setting.
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According to bunkered.co.uk, next year's LIV schedule will be reduced to 10 events on five different continents. Five of those events will be considered "team majors," while the other five will be called "signature events." Yahoo reported that "National Opens" will be created as individual events that allow LIV to remain in key markets.
Players also will be allowed to have an ownership stake in the league as a whole, or have equity in individual teams.
"I think this has a lot of opportunity, right, and if somebody sees the plan that (LIV CEO) Scott (O'Neil) and them are putting forward," DeChambeau said on Thursday at LIV Golf Andalucia. "Yeah, I've been helping a little bit behind the scenes, and I think that there's a lot of benefit to capital coming into this league."
LIV continues to reach out to potential investors, although funding is not expected to be anywhere near what Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund offered. PIF reportedly invested upward of $5 billion in LIV and was nowhere near turning a profit.
"I think one of the things people don't realize is the team franchise valuations," DeChambeau said. "We get what we're doing on the top side right, I think the momentum could be endless for us."
--Field Level Media
Source: “AOL Sports”
