LIV Golf宣布清算关停：3亿美元救助交易告吹，五年烧掉逾50亿美元后走向终结
据路透社报道，LIV Golf 的律师11月5日在 New Jersey 的联邦破产法院听证会上表示，这家联赛不再推进重组版的「LIV 2.0」计划，将转向有序清算关停。律师 Matthew Williams 在庭上说，债务方「目前不推进 LIV 2.0 计划，而是转向能让企业价值最大化的关停程序」。联赛方面表示，打算在11月9日前提交实施清算关停的破产计划。
压垮这家联赛的是资金链断裂。私募机构 BC Partners Credit 原本同意提供最高3亿美元资金、支持联赛以更可持续的模式在2027年重启，但本周三决定退出。据报道，交易告吹的直接原因是联赛未能争取到足够多球员对新赛季作出承诺；包括前世界第一 Jon Rahm 在内的多名大牌球员已在联赛申请破产后相继离开。
LIV Golf 2022年6月创办时曾以九位数签约金从 PGA Tour 挖走多名顶级球员，震动整个高尔夫界。其背后的沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金（PIF）累计投入超过50亿美元，但今年4月宣布2026赛季结束后不再注资。联赛今年9月8日在 New Jersey 申请第11章破产保护，原本希望借重组翻身。
LIV Golf 董事会特别委员会成员 Gene Davis 与 Jon Zinman 在声明中说：「鉴于当前情况，我们认为转向有序关停，是联赛此刻最负责任的出路。」联赛同时表示，在关停过程中仍对任何能让其资产获得更高价值的第三方方案持开放态度。案件的债权人委员会将于11月20日开会，下一次法院听证定于11月24日。
随着 LIV Golf 落幕，其球员的去向成为高尔夫界接下来的焦点。按照 PGA Tour 现行规定，参加过 LIV 赛事的球员须自最后一场 LIV 比赛起禁赛一年，才能重返这家老牌巡回赛。
LIV Golf to Wind Down and Liquidate After $300 Million Rescue Deal Collapses
LIV Golf's attorneys told a U.S. bankruptcy court hearing in New Jersey on Thursday that the league is no longer pursuing its restructured "LIV 2.0" plan and will instead wind down operations, Reuters reported. "The debtors are not currently proceeding with the LIV 2.0 plan," attorney Matthew Williams said in court. "Instead, the debtors are toggling to a value-maximizing wind-down in their business." The league said it intends to file its wind-down plan by November 9.
The collapse followed the loss of its rescue financing. BC Partners Credit had agreed to provide up to $300 million to relaunch the league on a more sustainable footing in 2027, but pulled out on Wednesday after the league failed to secure enough player commitments for the new season. Several big names, including former world number one Jon Rahm, had already announced their departures after the league filed for bankruptcy protection.
LIV Golf launched in June 2022, luring top players away from the PGA Tour with nine-figure signing bonuses and fracturing the sport. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund poured more than $5 billion into the venture before announcing in April that it would end funding after the 2026 season. The league filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on September 8, hoping a restructuring would save it.
"In light of the current circumstances, we believe shifting toward an orderly wind-down is the most responsible path forward for the League at this time," Gene Davis and Jon Zinman of the LIV Golf board's special committee said in a statement. The league said it would remain open to third-party offers that could get more value from its assets during the wind-down. The case's creditors committee will meet on November 20, with another court hearing set for November 24.
With LIV Golf folding, attention now turns to where its remaining players will land. Under current PGA Tour rules, LIV players are banned for one year from their last appearance on the breakaway circuit.
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