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What changes did the LIV Golf League make to its tournament format in 2025?

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In 2025 the LIV Golf League announced that it would shift to a 72-hole format and expand its field size from 54 to 57 players beginning in the 2026 season. Despite the format change, in April 2026 the PIF announced that it would not fund LIV Golf after the conclusion of the 2026 season. In response, LIV Golf began to seek alternative funding sources that would allow the league to continue. Amid this uncertainty, a planned LIV Golf event in New Orleans was canceled and the league’s flagship Team Championship competition, scheduled for late August, was also called off. In September it filed for bankruptcy. LIV was unable to secure funding and in November representatives of the upstart and controversial league told a bankruptcy court that LIV would liquidate. .