LIV Golf is moving forward with this week’s $30 million event at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, despite the impending cancellation of its 2026 season finale, the $40 million team championship, at the end of this month.
Amid the league’s uncertain future, its LIV Golf New York event is set to begin Thursday, and all indications so far are that LIV Golf Indianapolis will take place as scheduled (Aug. 20–23) at The Club at Chatham Hills. The Indiana event is now likely to be LIV’s final tournament of the year, with the league expected to cancel LIV Golf Michigan, sources have told Front Office Sports and multiple other outlets.
There has been no formal announcement about LIV Michigan, which remains scheduled for Aug. 27–30 in suburban Detroit at The Cardinal at Saint John’s Resort. However, there has been no infrastructure buildout at the course, and LIV has not shot down the reports of cancellation. It’s possible some elements of the team championship could be incorporated into the Indianapolis event.
While LIV would be saving $40 million in prize money it had planned to pay out at its team championship should that be officially canceled, the league is still set to pay out more than $60 million at its New York and Indianapolis events. Both of those tournaments offer LIV’s standard $30 million purses—$20 million for individuals and $10 million for the league’s 13 tour-man teams. LIV this season has also been paying out $2.3 million in bonus money to the players on the top three finishing teams at each tournament.
