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The future of the LIV Golf league has been thrown into doubt amid Saudi Arabia's PIF reportedly plan to withdraw funding

[Jon Rahm.]

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Jon Rahm is one of many LIV Golf stars affected by an upcoming shock announcement(Image: Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images)

The LIV Golf league is poised to lose its multi-billion-dollar backing from Saudi Arabia, leaving more than 50 stars in limbo. The league has announced new appointments to its board with the plan to find new long-term financial partners.

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) intends to pull its funding for the league once the current season concludes. LIV Golf have established a "independent board led by Gene Davis and Jon Zinman", in order to "guide the league through its next phase."

Current board chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan is also anticipated to resign from his role. As a result, the tour's future hangs in the balance, with numerous leading golfers affected by the development.

Bryson DeChambeau was amongst the first big names to abandon the PGA Tour for LIV's lucrative offer, with Phil Mickelson following his fellow American to the breakaway circuit.

Jon Rahm was ultimately convinced to make the switch to LIV, but now all three stars face an uncertain period in their professional lives.

This comes despite LIV Golf chief executive Scott O'Neil insisting earlier this month that the tour had secured funding through to the season's end. He said: "It's just not the way the world works. We have commitments to have this being a going concern.

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"The reality is, you're funded through the season, and then you work like crazy as a business to create a business and a business plan to keep us going. But that's not different from any other private equity-funded business in the history of mankind."

Here, Mirror Sport lists all the golfers affected by the withdrawal of funding.

Every LIV Golf player hit by PIF's decision to pull financial backing

[Bryson DeChambeau]

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Bryson DeChambeau is one of many stars affected by an imminent announcement(Image: Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

• Bryson DeChambeau (Captain)
• Phil Mickelson (C)
• Jon Rahm (C)
• Dustin Johnson (C)
• Martin Kaymer (C)
• Sergio Garcia (C)
• Byeong-hun An (C)
• Lee Westwood (C)
• Ian Poulter (C)
• Bubba Watson (C)
• Cameron Smith (C)
• Talor Gooch (C)
• Louis Oosthuizen (C)
• Joaquin Niemann (C)
• Patrick Reed
• Thomas Pieters
• Thomas Detry
• Richard Bland
• Adrian Meronk
• Victor Perez
• Paul Casey
• Charles Howell III
• Anirban Lahiri
• Tyrrell Hatton

[Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt, Tom McKibbin and Jon Rahm celebrate]

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The breakaway league could change forever(Image: Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

• Josele Ballester
• David Puig
• Luis Masaveu
• Cameron Tringale
• Brendan Steele
• Michael La Sasso
• Danny Lee
• Min-kyu Kim
• Young-han Song
• Cale Surratt
• Tom McKibbin
• Sam Horsfield
• Laurie Canter
• Peter Uihlein
• Matt Wolff
• Ben Campbell
• Marc Leishman
• Lucas Herbert
• Elvis Smylie
• Jason Kokrak
• Graeme McDowell
• Harold Varner III
• Charl Schwartzel
• Dean Burmester
• Branden Grace
• Carlos Ortiz
• Sebastian Munoz
• Abraham Ancer
• Scott Vincent
• Yosuke Asaji
• Richard T Lee
• Bjorn Hellgren
• Anthony Kim

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