BEDMINSTER, N.J. — LIV Golf star Cam Smith and his Australian teammates remain optimistic the league’s future will crystalize soon, but admit it would be a “shame” if things don’t turn around like they hope.
“I don’t really understand what is going to happen,” Smith, captain of the Ripper GC team, said Tuesday at the lone pre-tournament press conference ahead of LIV Golf New York, the league’s second U.S. event of the year that begins Thursday at Trump National Bedminster Golf Club.
This week’s event is scheduled to be the first of three events in August to conclude LIV’s 2026 season, but its $40 million team championship in Michigan is still expected to be cancelled, sources have told Front Office Sports. That means this week’s event and LIV Golf Indianapolis, scheduled for Aug. 20-23, will be the league’s final two events of the year as LIV searches for new investors with the Saudi PIF pulling its funding.
“I think it’s all up in the air.” Smith said. “I know that the LIV team is working hard to get us to play next year and working hard for us. They do a lot of hard work behind the scenes. I want it to work, really, to be honest. It’s great fun out here.”
Smith is especially proud of the grassroots work his team and LIV have done for junior golf in Australia. “It would be a shame for all that to go away, and I feel like we’ve worked really hard over the last three or four years to kind of make that all happen,” Smith said.
