Ian Poulter’s LIV Golf departure adds to growing list

Ian Poulter announced on social media that he will not move forward with LIV 2.0, making him the latest high-profile player to leave the circuit. The 50-year-old original LIV member cited spending more time with his family, cutting down international travel, focusing on senior golf, and pursuing other opportunities as key reasons for his departure.

Poulter joins a wave of recent exits including Jon Rahm, Louis Oosthuizen, Thomas Pieters, Charles Howell III, David Puig, and Abraham Ancer. The departures follow LIV Golf filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after losing Saudi funding, with investment from BC Partners Credit conditional on sufficient player commitments ahead of a Sunday deadline.