LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam says LIV Golf interrupted the game of golf, forced PGA Tour to make changes

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced it volition extremity its fiscal backing of LIV Golf astatine the extremity of the 2026 season, leaving its semipermanent aboriginal hanging successful the balance. LPGA fable Annika Sorenstam said LIV Golf did bring immoderate positives to the sport.

"I mean overall, I deliberation it had immoderate positives but wide I think, you know, not truly changed excessively much," Sorenstam told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

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Annika Sorenstam looks connected from the seventh greenish during the archetypal circular of the 2026 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions astatine Lake Nona Golf & Country Club successful Orlando, Florida, connected Jan. 29, 2026. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

"It surely interrupted the crippled of golf," Sorenstam added with a laugh. "I deliberation that's wherefore we're seeing the changes connected the PGA Tour."

The PGA Tour precocious announced sweeping changes to its format, and Sorenstam attributed that to LIV Golf.

"I mean they don't spot what they had earlier LIV was sustainable, apparently, and truthful they person changed a batch of things. The purses person gone up which evidently is large for the players."

The play fable said that she loved the wealth coming into the sport, but didn’t deliberation LIV Golf was acceptable up for semipermanent occurrence with their concern model.

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Annika Sorenstam tees disconnected connected the 2nd spread during the PNC Championship astatine The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club successful Orlando, Florida, connected Dec. 22, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images)

"I bash deliberation that successful a way, from the extracurricular it's ever casual to say, but I don't deliberation anybody thought it was a large concern model. There was a batch of wealth going into the sport, which I welcome, but it didn't look similar determination was a you cognize a large investment. So I deliberation it was hard to conscionable support it," Sorenstam told Fox News Digital.

"So absorbing to spot however it folds. This twelvemonth volition beryllium surely telling. But we're already seeing players jumping vessel and there."

Sorenstam volition play successful the American Century Championship from July 10 to 12 astatine Edgewood Golf Course successful Lake Tahoe.

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Augusta National Golf Club members Annika Sorenstam and Condoleezza Rice ticker the enactment during the Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 5, 2026. (Kyle Terada/Imagn Images)

She is 1 of the favorites to triumph the tournament. Sorenstam, who won 72 LPGA Tour tournaments, including 10 majors, during her illustrious career, volition rise consciousness for the Annika Foundation.

"We effort to empower and beforehand young women done the crippled of golf, but besides successful life, antithetic beingness skills, and it's been truly rewarding and satisfying to spot however acold women's play has travel and however galore of these young women are pursuing their dreams. It's been a batch of fun, and conscionable watching the quality we're making successful these young women's life," Sorenstam said.

With the Stableford scoring format, Sorenstam talked astir needing to beryllium much aggressive, and prosecute much birdies and eagles. The tourney volition beryllium broadcast connected NBC and Peacock.

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