Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are two of the the biggest names on the LIV tour
As it headed for the LIV exit door, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund claimed that it "forever changed the game of golf".
And there can be little argument that PIF's £3.8bn investment over nearly five years turned the pro game upside down. It also made many players, on both sides of golf's great divide, very wealthy men.
The numbers involved are extraordinary and prompted the PGA Tour to find funding to stem an exit flow of talent that was attracted to the breakaway tour and threatened the future of the golfing establishment.
But now, LIV's future has never been less certain.
