LIV Golf has gotten a much-needed lifeline — but now comes the hard part

LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil looks on during day two of LIV Golf United Kingdom Presented by JCB at JCB Golf & Country Club on July 24, 2026 in Uttoxeter, England. Getty Images The setting was perfectly fitting. It took place at the very golf club where President Donald Trump this weekend claimed to have won his club championship with a gross score of 70, an outlandishly low number for an 80-year-old to shoot (even if he were a professional). What has transpired at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., as this week’s LIV Golf event is to begin Thursday is akin to a bit of a sleight-of-hand shell game. It’s a scenario that’s difficult to comprehend and one that a scant few LIV players are willing to talk about as they’ve spent the past two days declining to speak to reporters.