NZ Herald8 Sep, 2026 09:29 PM2 mins to readLIV Golf launched in 2022, before losing the backing of its deep-pocketed Saudi investors earlier this year. Photo / Jeff Halstead, Icon SportswireLIV Golf, the breakaway tour that spent billions of dollars luring top players away from the PGA, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States.

Launched in 2022, free-spending LIV caused shock waves and bitter divisions in the golf world, before losing the backing of its deep-pocketed Saudi investors