Kim Si-woo of Korea performs his strategy shot on the 18th through the closing spherical of the Australian Open golf event in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday. AP-Yonhap
Korean PGA Tour veteran Kim Si-woo has taken to social media to quiet rumors of his transfer to LIV Golf.
“Okay guys see you in @sonyopenhawaii,” Kim posted on his Instagram web page, subsequent to a photograph displaying himself with the champion’s trophy after he received the 2023 Sony Open. The 2026 PGA Tour season will start with the Sony Open on Jan. 15.
Earlier this week, experiences out of the USA claimed that Kim was in “late-stage negotiations” to hitch LIV Golf, a renegade tour bankrolled by the Public Funding Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.
Since its launch in 2022, LIV Golf has efficiently poached some huge stars from the PGA Tour, together with main champions Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm.
LIV Golf gamers aren’t eligible to play on the PGA Tour until they qualify for 4 main championships, and Kim’s dedication to the Sony Open probably means he has determined to not be a part of LIV Golf.
Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless doable for Kim to vary his thoughts and take his expertise to LIV Golf, whose 2026 season begins after the Sony Open: on Feb. 4 in Riyadh.
Together with that 2023 Sony Open victory, Kim has received 4 occasions on the PGA Tour and has competed within the final three Presidents Cups for the Worldwide Workforce. He can be one of many greatest Asian names to hitch LIV Golf if the rumored transfer materialized.
LIV Golf held its first event in Korea in Might this 12 months at Jack Nicklaus Golf Membership Korea in Incheon, simply west of Seoul. Earlier experiences indicated that LIV will return to Korea for Might 29-31 in 2026, however the tour’s official web site doesn’t present a Korean occasion in the meanwhile.
LIV Golf has been accused of being a automobile for Saudi Arabia’s “sportswashing,” which refers to an effort by the nation criticized for human rights abuses to cleanse its public picture by way of sports activities.
