, announcing on June 6th that it intends to merge commercial operations with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. Almost three months on, Davidson is bullish about its prospects. He describes it as "business as usual". That is despite the Framework Agreement between the three parties having a New Year's Day 2024 deadline. While LIV has not announced their upcoming schedule, unlike the PGA and DP, Davidson declares they are almost ready to. He suggests it is 95% set. As for who will be playing, bunkered.co.uk got a detailed run-down. Davidson revealed a number of players - at least four - will depart due to the relegation system, whilst he confirmed only the top 24 are guaranteed to be safe. "Well, we're going to lose a number of guys to relegation; that's a given," Davidson said. "There's going to be a very clear, open and fair merit-based opportunity for players to either earn their way back or fill those places. We've always said it's a minimum of four players that'll change, and relegation guarantees that." The COO continued: "As it relates to the 'open zone' – players that finish between 25th and 44th on the standings – whether or not they'll stay on comes down partly to their teams and partly to what their commitment to the league might be. "But we expect that there'll be some trades and that there'll be other players who come in to replace them. So, in short, the top-24 will definitely stay, but we do expect that there'll be more player movement from 25 and down." Andy Ogletree is one player well-positioned for automatic promotion after succeeding on the Asian Tour. The American won the International Seri){kind=link}
LIV Golf is well underway with preparations for its 2024 season despite some assumptions it may soon cease to exist in the aftermath this summer’s seismic announcement
LIV Golf interim chief operating officer Gary Davidson insists that the end is not nigh for the tour.
That is despite its owners, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF (the Public Investment Fund), announcing on June 6th that it intends to merge commercial operations with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. Almost three months on, Davidson is bullish about its prospects.
He describes it as “business as usual”. That is despite the Framework Agreement between the three parties having a New Year’s Day 2024 deadline.
While LIV has not announced their upcoming schedule, unlike the PGA and DP, Davidson declares they are almost ready to. He suggests it is 95% set.