LIV Golf’s Money Troubles Deepen As Broadcast Vendor Files Suit

LIV Golf‘s rocky financial year got rockier this week after a broadcast technology partner took the league to court, accusing it of stiffing the company on payments while its Saudi backing quietly dries up.

Mobii Systems Group Ltd., a Canadian firm that powers LIV’s “Any Shot, Any Time” viewing feature, filed suit in federal court in Miami on Friday, demanding more than $1 million in damages. Under the deal, fans could pay $59.99 for season-long access — or $8.99 per event — to follow every shot from every golfer in real time. Mobii handled the underlying feeds as part of a broader production team that also included Google Cloud, Champion Data, and ViewLift.

The complaint says LIV stopped paying its bills this year, leaving $820,600 in licensing fees and $104,500 in usage charges outstanding for the current season. Mobii’s attorneys reportedly sent a formal payment demand on May 8, giving the league a week to settle up — a deadline that came and went. The company is also chasing another $209,531 for revenue it expects to lose on the six events still left on LIV’s 2026 calendar, arguing the league effectively tore up their two-year agreement before it was set to run out on December 31. Mobii had gone unpaid for months, and LIV has since begun issuing refunds to fans who bought into the streaming product.

The dispute lands squarely in the middle of a much bigger crisis for the league. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which has poured more than $5 billion into LIV since its 2021 launch, announced in late April that this season would be its last bankrolling the circuit.

In a statement, PIF said the “substantial investment required by LIV Golf over a longer term is no longer consistent” with where the fund’s strategy now stands — part of a wider retreat from sports that has also seen PIF offload its stake in Saudi soccer club Al-Hilal and step back from a flag-football venture tied to Tom Brady. PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan is expected to exit LIV’s board as the transition plays out.

In response, LIV has begun courting outside money, launching an investor roadshow last month aimed at raising as much as $350 million to keep the league running.