LIV Golf 2.0 suffers fresh blow as Oosthuizen becomes fourth team captain to quit

LIV Golf’s attempts to relaunch with new backing have suffered another blow after Louis Oosthuizen became the fourth team captain to quit the beleaguered circuit. Former Open champion Oosthuizen, who has skippered LIV Golf’s South African team since it launched in 2022, has followed Legion XIII’s Jon Rahm and Fireballs captain Sergio Garcia in walking away ahead of a deadline this week for its players to commit to its next iteration. Smash GC skipper Brooks Koepka stepped down after the 2025 season, while Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann, one of the most prolific winners on LIV Golf, is widely expected to leave too. Oosithuizen said: Five years ago, I made one of the best decisions of my life, moving away from the traditional golf world and into something very special with LIV Golf and Southern Guards GC. My biggest fear was that the schedule on LIV 2.0 would be tough to manage. I feel I have a few more years of good, competitive golf left in me, and the only way to be r