Scott O'Neil, June 10 -- The league that wrote the largest checks in golf history now has a chief executive who cannot promise its final four tournaments of the season will be played.

they have been public about funding the league through the season, so it is full steam ahead. What he did not do, in the same conversation, was guarantee that the last four events on the 2026 calendar take place.

The word he is taking PIF at is precise. The fund confirmed through a spokesperson that it will finance LIV only through the remainder of this season, saying the substantial investment the league requires over a longer term is no longer consistent with the current phase of PIF's investment strategy, a decision made in light of the fund's prioritie...