Troubled league LIV Golf files for bankruptcy protection in US
News Source : Al Jazeera English
News Summary
- LIV Golf has filed for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey, United States.
- The Chapter 11 bankruptcy, or reorganisation bankruptcy, filed on Tuesday, allows the debtor to remain in possession and operate its business.
- The move offers a rare window into the league’s financial state, with LIV Golf owing between $500m and $1bn in estimated liabilities to at least 1,000 creditors.
- The filing listed several other high-profile golfers as creditors still owed millions in unsecured claims.
Less than five years after it held its first event and created a schism in professional golf, LIV Golf has filed for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey, United States.
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