McDowell Becomes Latest Player to Abandon LIV 2.0
- On Monday, 2010 US Open winner Graeme McDowell announced he has "decided not to pursue" LIV 2.0, becoming the latest major champion to exit the breakaway tour ahead of its planned 2027 start.
- The league filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month after Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund withdrew backing in April, prompting the search for alternative financing.
- Major champions Jon Rahm, Louis Oosthuizen, and Tom McKibbin have also confirmed departures, leaving only a handful of players committed to the proposed 2027 season according to reports.
- McDowell, who earned around $18million during his four-year LIV tenure, is pursuing a return to the DP World Tour and admitted, "I regret a few things I said in the beginning."
- Only 15 players have expressed interest in the rebooted league, prompting Rory McIlroy to declare that LIV is "not going to be a threat to the traditional order of the game as it once was.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) is leaving LIV Golf, which is on the verge of collapse.
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