LIV Golf releases 2024 schedule as potential merger between PGA Tour, Saudi Arabia PIF remains in limbo

LIV Golf launched its 2024 schedule on Wednesday, and we discovered that the on-screen graphics aren’t the one factor LIV has copied from the sector of Formula 1. Next 12 months, right through the 3rd season of the league’s life, LIV Golf will head to Las Vegas for the primary time, following in the footsteps of F1 — and they are going to be presenting the development right through Super Bowl weekend, of all instances. 

Vegas is only one of a handful of recent additions to the slate. Hong Kong, Houston and Nashville are all at the schedule for the primary time. Others, like Andalucia, Greenbrier, Mayakoba, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Adelaide shall be go back visits. 

As with earlier years, LIV has scheduled across the main championships. Its USA match in April would be the week sooner than the Masters, whilst its Singapore match in May shall be two weeks sooner than the PGA Championship. The Houston match in June shall be every week sooner than the U.S. Open at Pinehurst. And the Andalucia match in Spain will happen the week sooner than The Open in July.

Below is a take a look at the overall schedule for LIV Golf in the 2024 season.

The elephant in the room right here is a huge one. The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, which finances LIV Golf, continues to be in negotiations with the PGA Tour over a potential merger to deal with industrial operations below one umbrella. The framework settlement this is in position stopped the 2 facets from litigating towards one any other, however there was no substantive news on how all of that can glance in 2024 or past. The two facets set a Dec. 31 closing date to return to an settlement, although that time-frame may just reportedly be prolonged. 

Interestingly, the Tour has reportedly been relationship different non-public fairness companions, although a minimum of one — Endeavor — has been rejected.

LIV and the PGA Tour will nearly indubitably coexist in 2024 as a result of the fast timeline, however whether or not they merge again into one excursion if the PIF-PGA Tour deal is going via remains to be noticed. That would no longer have an effect on anything else for this 2024 LIV schedule, however it might have an effect on the schedules past that one as the golfing panorama continues to shift.