Martin Kaymer said on Wednesday that Liv Golf’s August team finale in Michigan is highly unlikely to happen, putting the circuit’s season-ending event in serious doubt. He put the odds of it taking place at five percent.
Ben Parsons of Today’s Golfer first reported the remarks after speaking with Kaymer ahead of the LIV Golf UK event, and the timing matters because the league is trying to steady its schedule while it seeks money for next season. Saudi support was withdrawn earlier this season, and Scott O’Neil has said he hopes to secure funding by September.
Kaymer also said the next three LIV events in England, New Jersey and Indianapolis are expected to go ahead as planned. That leaves the Michigan finale as the outlier, and it follows an earlier event in New Orleans that was postponed indefinitely.
The German golfer did not dress up the uncertainty. “Highly unlikely,” he said of Michigan, then added: “On the other hand, how do you want to have a team winning the whole season if you don’t have a team event? We need to be honest. The whole season was a bit of a …” He also said, “There was so much happening. Canceled New Orleans. Canceled most likely the last event. So I think it’s important to just finish the season and hopefully we’ll have a plan for 2027.”
That leaves LIV Golf with two problems at once: a possible hole in its current calendar and a bigger question over how it will finance the next one. Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter said they helped connect the league with potential investors this week, while Jon Rahm said the circuit had kept him informed but gave him no specific assurances about its future. Kaymer, for his part, refused to say more than he could stand behind. “I’m not going to share anything that I can’t share with you guys right now,” he said.
The uncertainty widened again on Tuesday, when the Asian Tour exited its agreement with LIV in favor of a partnership with the DP World and PGA Tours. For now, the next three events appear set to go ahead. The Michigan finale does not.
