{"id":52067,"date":"2026-08-18T02:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/52067\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T02:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:51:14","slug":"liv-golf-to-end-season-early-and-cancel-the-michigan-team-event-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/52067\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf to end season early and cancel the Michigan team event"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIV Golf is ending its season one week earlier than planned, announcing Monday it will not hold the team championship in Michigan next week and instead crown the team champion this week 20 miles north of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

The 12 events this year \u2014 New Orleans was previously postponed \u2014 is the smallest schedule for LIV since it was launched with massive Saudi Arabia funding in 2022 and featured eight tournaments.<\/p>\n

Jon Rahm already has clinched the individual season title for the third straight year. LIV Golf Indianapolis, which starts Thursday at The Club at Chatham Hills, will determine who finishes second and third among the players, and the top team.<\/p>\n

The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, the financial muscle of the rival league from the start, decided in March this would be the final year of funding. LIV Golf announced earlier this month it has an agreement with a lead investor that would sustain a new version of the league for 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy concluding the season now, we can put our full resources behind what comes next and maintain the operational rigor this transition demands,” LIV CEO Scott O’Neil said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are reimagining LIV Golf as a fundamentally new league owned by the players and anchored in a sustainable business model, with an evolved fan experience built for the markets where the game is growing fastest across the globe and the support of world-class partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cancellation of LIV Golf Michigan was not surprising. There have been reports in recent weeks the tournament had not even started preparing with grandstands and other amenities. LIV Golf said ticket holders would get refunds.<\/p>\n

In another cost-cutting move LIV attributed to \u201cunavoidable changes in the entertainment program,\u201d the league informed Thomas Rhett and Disco Lines their live performances would not take place at LIV Golf Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

The final event with a $20 million purse that pays $4 million to the winner could be the last big payoff for LIV and its 57 players. LIV did not identify the lead investor or how much of a cash infusion was involved, or say whether it was an investment or a loan.<\/p>\n

O’Neil has said the LIV 2.0 version for 2027 and onward would involve making players equity owners. He referred to it as a \u201csecond bite at the apple\u201d being equity instead of cash.<\/p>\n

But this likely is the end of $20 million purses for individual outcomes, and there already has been cutbacks. Rahm earned $6 million for winning the points title, down from $18 million the previous two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we concentrate on finishing the season strong and building the next chapter of LIV Golf, we\u2019ll carry the energy and enthusiasm our fans have shown us into what comes next,” O’Neil said.<\/p>\n

The format for the 2027 season and the rosters also remain unclear. Still to be determined is whether Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau \u2014 the two biggest names \u2014 and other players who joined the league for its exorbitant prize money will want to stay for LIV 2.0.<\/p>\n

As for the final event, Joaquin Niemann, Lucas Herbert and Tyrrell Hatton are in the mix for third place, which pays a $1 million bonus. DeChambeau is comfortably in second, which pays $3 million.<\/p>\n

Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces team has a narrow lead over Australia-based Ripper, with Rahm’s Legion XIII and Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers team all in the mix for the team title.<\/p>\n

See AP\u2019s full golf coverage here<\/p>\n


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Captain Bryson DeChambeau, of Crushers GC, hits from the 16th tee during the first round of LIV Golf Bedminster at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Bedminster, N.J. (Montana Pritchard\/LIV Golf via AP)<\/p>\n

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BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Willson Contreras and Mickey Gasper homered, all nine Boston starters drove in at least one, and the Red Sox dismantled the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-1 on Monday night in the first game of a three-game series.<\/p>\n

Boston, which scored in six straight innings, did not have a strikeout in the game and finished with 16 hits to maintain a six-game lead for the second AL wild card.<\/p>\n

Brayan Bello (5-6) worked 4 2\/3 innings of relief, striking out three and allowing a run on three hits. Bello has a 0.85 ERA in 11 relief appearances (52 2\/3 innings) this season.<\/p>\n

Wyatt Olds made his major league debut for Boston and got his first career strikeout.<\/p>\n

Boston jumped to a 4-0 lead after four innings as Eli White and Caleb Durbin drove in runs with singles, while Nick Sogard and Ceddanne Rafaela added RBI doubles.<\/p>\n

Boston stretched its lead to 7-0 in the fifth on Contreras\u2019 342-foot homer, Andruw Monasterio\u2019s sacrifice fly and Gasper\u2019s RBI groundout.<\/p>\n

Arizona got on the board with Geraldo Perdomo\u2019s sacrifice fly in the sixth.<\/p>\n

Wilyer Abreu and Adley Rutschman answered with RBI hits before Gasper\u2019s first Red Sox homer sneaked around Pesky’s Pole in the seventh and Abreu hit an RBI single.<\/p>\n

Mitch Bratt (1-2) pitched three innings of three-run ball for Arizona. Zack Littell gave up the final eight runs on 11 hits without a strikeout.<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks’ RHP Merrill Kelly (8-10, 5.11 ERA) squares off against Red Sox LHP Ranger Su\u00e1rez (4-3, 3.25) in game two of the series on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

See AP\u2019s full MLB coverage here<\/p>\n


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Boston Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela can not field the ball during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo\/CJ Gunther)<\/p>\n

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Boston Red Sox pitcher Jovani Moran delivers during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo\/CJ Gunther)<\/p>\n

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Boston Red Sox Mickey Gasper celebrates his solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo\/CJ Gunther)<\/p>\n

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Boston Red Sox’s Ceddanne Rafaela leaps over equipment after scoring during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo\/CJ Gunther)<\/p>\n

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