Ian Poulter hasn’t made up his thoughts on whether or not he’ll proceed to play on LIV Golf subsequent season, however hopes the league can proceed to function subsequent 12 months, amid issues over its funding.
Alongside his Majesticks GC team-mate Lee Westwood, Poulter was amongst one of many first gamers to affix the insurgent league again in 2022.
However after LIV Golf concluded its 2026 season in Indianapolis final weekend, Poulter took to Instagram to elucidate he was undecided if he would play on the tour into subsequent 12 months, including that he was ‘proud’ of what LIV has achieved.
“This ultimate part has been powerful and none of us is aware of precisely what comes subsequent,” the five-time Ryder Cup winner stated. “My ideas are particularly with the companies and suppliers nonetheless owed cash. Some are small companies and I sincerely hope these conditions are handled correctly and shortly.
“It could be an actual disgrace if LIV 2.0 would not occur. There are gamers who would love a robust international platform to play on and nations and followers who need us again.
“Some gamers will keep, some could go. As for me, I’ll keep or take a while off. I genuinely have not determined but.
“I do know some individuals did not agree with my resolution to affix LIV. I’ve by no means hidden from the monetary facet.
“Golfers have acquired look charges all over the world all through my profession and nonetheless do at present. LIV gave me a major alternative late in my profession and I took it.
“Individuals make profession selections day by day based mostly on alternative, household and monetary safety. Skilled sport is not any completely different.”
After paying off their fines for taking part in within the insurgent league, Poulter and Lee Westwood will return to play on the DP World Tour in October and for the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship.
Poulter is about to play on the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks in October
It comes as hypothesis is continuous to mount over LIV Golf’s future and the futures of lots of the gamers presently taking part in on the tour.
LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil introduced earlier this month that it had discovered a brand new ‘unnamed’ lead investor, after Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (PIF) revealed it might be slicing its funding to LIV Golf on the conclusion of the 2026 season, leaving LIV bosses on the lookout for new traders.
A time period sheet has been signed for the business association, with O’Neil explaining that he was hopeful the league would enter right into a transaction with its new investor in September.
LIV Golf’s Crew Championship occasion in Michigan, which was scheduled to be performed this weekend, was subsequently cancelled, elevating extra alarm bells over the league’s future.
In the meantime, Bryson DeChambeau insisted “one thing enjoyable was coming” and there was “lots of potential” in LIV Golf to proceed into subsequent 12 months.
Poulter, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour and a 12-time winner on the DP World Tour, has not received a person or crew title with LIV Golf in his 5 years on the circuit.
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“It hasn’t all the time been straightforward, and it was by no means going to be,” Poulter stated, reflecting on his time on the circuit. “Constructing one thing new and difficult the established order was all the time going to carry challenges and criticism. I sincerely thank everybody who supported me, our crew and LIV all through the journey.
“We have taken this nice sport all over the world to nations and cities that genuinely embraced us. Taking part in in entrance of crowds of over 100,000 followers at some occasions was actually particular. To everybody who got here out and supported us – thanks. You had been class.
“A particular thanks to my team-mates Lee [Westwood], Henrik [Stenson], Sam and Laurie [Canter], each member of the LIV and Majesticks workers and, most significantly, the followers who supported me.
“At Majesticks GC we constructed an unbelievable crew, however what I am most happy with is Littlesticks. We have taken golf straight into the PE curriculum of over 200 colleges and put golf equipment into the arms of greater than 40,000 children. That is a legacy our entire crew ought to be extremely happy with.”