Speaking at the LIV Golf Team Championship finale, Atul Khosla, who is the President of the Saudi-backed series, stated that he is hoping to have the full 48-man field confirmed by the New Year, with a schedule being reportedly made public by the end of November.
At Trump National Doral, Khosla stated: “We are in the middle of the discussions (about the new signings). We are going to get it done this year. We want the teams locked in by the new year. It will play itself out over the next couple of months.”
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Players that have been reportedly linked include Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Mito Pereira and Thomas Pieters, but LIV Golf have refused to comment on individual discussions with players.
For 2023, LIV have announced a huge expansion, with 48 players and 12 established team franchises competing in an expanded 14-tournament schedule – and an enormous $405m total prize purse, a huge increase on the $225m that was on offer for this year’s eight-tournament Series.
It is believed that within the 48-player line-up, there will also be 12 additional reserves, with the league set to begin in February. However, that leads to another factor, which is the scheduling, something which is reportedly set to be publicly announced at the end of next month.
Although unclear as to where the added venues will be, it is expected that tournaments will take place in North and Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Europe, with it being recently reported that two of the venues could be Trump International Doonbeg in Ireland and Valderrama in Spain.
Schauffele and Cantlay are amongst the names linked with LIV Golf
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The last big talking points surround a broadcast deal and World Ranking points. Currently, LIV is shown on YouTube and its own website but, according to Khosla, “on the US front, we are back and forth with a few different networks.”
He added: “Step one was to show them the product, which they clearly understand. We had to show them the graphics and how it would be very different. Step two was to…
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