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Hatton expects LIV to continue despite job cutsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, English golfer Tyrrell Hatton joined LIV Golf in 2024ByIain Carter
Tyrrell Hatton says he expects LIV Golf to continue next year despite confirmation of job losses following the early conclusion of its season in Indianapolis last week.
The breakaway circuit that began in 2022 says it needs to find $350m (£257m) investment to survive.
LIV’s season has finished early with the cancellation of its intended finale, this week’s team championship in Detroit. Instead, Hatton is competing at the British Masters on Thursday.
“I would expect there to be LIV next season,” the 34-year-old European Ryder Cup star told reporters at the Belfry, before news broke of the job cuts.
“I know they’ve worked really hard to get the funding stuff in place and its full steam ahead on that front.”
Having lost the backing of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), LIV’s future is under question. A term sheet has been signed with a potential new backer but with no confirmation that concrete funding is in place.
A LIV spokesperson has verified to BBC Sport that some employees are now being laid off.
“The funding commitment unveiled by PIF earlier this year will reach its conclusion. As a result, we are scaling back operations as we transition to the next chapter of LIV Golf and work toward making LIV 2.0 a reality,” LIV reported in a statement.
“This week, we informed many of our colleagues that their employment under LIV 1.0 will end in the first week of September. We are grateful to our employees for their hard work and dedication in building LIV Golf, and we remain committed to supporting those affected through this transition.”
Amid such uncertainty, several LIV players have been linked with departing the tour, including Hatton. The Englishman chose Queen’s I Want to Break Free as walk-on music in Indianapolis last week.
Asked by BBC Sport whether anything should be read into his seemingly provocative choice of song, Hatton reported: “No. I’ve still got multiple years left on my contract with LIV and as I’ve reported I’ve still got plenty of tournaments to play this year, so there is nothing really to focus on other than the golf.”
Hatton will play the rest of the year on the DP World Tour, which will please European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald, given that the qualifying period for the 2027 match starts this week.
While Hatton is publicly dismissing talk of jumping ship, there is still a strong feeling that he and team-mate Jon Rahm may have played their last events on the LIV tour.
If that is the case, Donald would welcome their full-time return to the DP World Tour. It would increase their chances of automatically qualifying for his team rather than having to rely on wildcard picks.
“You want to fill those six with the best,” Donald told BBC Sport. “With someone like a John or Tyrrell playing more on the DP World Tour, they’re going to have more opportunities to fill out those top six.
“And I think that’s a good thing. You want your strongest players in those top six.”
Donald also revealed that he had considered offering qualifying points to the LIV tour but the lack of clarity over the its future made it impossible.
“It was just too much uncertainty to think about giving them points for the Ryder Cup,” he reported.
Earlier this year the DP World Tour struck a deal with several LIV players, including Hatton and Rahm, to allow them to compete on the rival circuit without incurring sanction from the European-based tour. It meant they could remain members of the DP World Tour and therefore eligible for the Ryder Cup.
But that agreement only applies to this year and will not be available in 2027.
Hatton remains keen to maintain his position in the European Ryder Cup team.
“I’ve played the last four, they are extremely hard to make those teams,” he reported.
“Yeah, I’d be lying if I reported I didn’t want to be in every team possible moving forward.”
This desire to represent Europe at Adare Manor in Ireland in September 2027 surely increases pressure on Hatton to leave LIV.
“I mean we still have to finish this season,” he insisted.
“I’ll essentially worry about that at the end of this season, but right now it is not really a thought process for me.”
This will be another Ryder Cup qualifying period overshadowed by the LIV saga, as was the case in the previous two matches when Donald led Europe to victory in 2023 and 2025.
“I think every captain deals with a lot of challenges in the Ryder Cup,” Donald reported. “I think I’ve probably been the only one to deal with a changing landscape in golf.
“And it’s been challenging at times, you know, it certainly has. But I think one of my strengths is just being very much in the present and having high standards for things that I can control and not really caring about things out of my control.
“Just dealing with them as they come. So, again, nobody knows what the future of LIV is going to be next year. Nobody knows which players are going to come and which are going to go.
“I try not to lose too much sleep about it, because it’s just out of my control. Once it happens, then if I have an opportunity to change that, then I will. If not, I’m just going to go about my business.”
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