Leaving LIV Golf Might Result in Severe Penalties for Players
Players that attempt to breach their LIV Golf contracts risk receiving a hefty financial penalty. The PGA Tour is not off-limits to professional golfers, but their contracts contain a penalty provision if they decide to depart.
According to Sports Illustrated, if the player decides to terminate the contract, the provision may be worth up to four times their signing bonus.
And also, “LIV Golf insists that some of its players still desire to compete on the PGA Tour.”
Yet many Elite golfers seem pleased to play their 14 or more majors and call it a season, except for competing in a one-time event in their hometown or another location where they have succeeded.
None of them dearth to play an entire season on the PGA Tour, which is fortunate because their LIV contracts require them to uphold their commitment to LIV, even though they allow them to play a full schedule on another tour.
If they decide to leave LIV for any reason, the penalty would be two, three, or four times their signing bonus.
As the contract ends after the 2025 season, this penalty provision essentially maintains the players’ status as LIV members secure.
Meanwhile, the PGA Tour has prohibited people who joined LIV Golf from competing in their tournaments. Recent reports claim that some players regretted joining LIV Golf.
In February, golf journalist Alan Shipnuck said, “I’m hearing a lot of rumblings that Brooks Koepka has buyer’s remorse.”
Koepka, however, didn’t think twice about refuting the allegations, stating that he was “happy” and “comfortable” with his choice and that he “knew everything I was getting into.”
