LIV Golf are planning to produce a 'Drive to Survive' style documentary series in an attempt to spark new interest in their Saudi-backed rebel tour.
CEO Greg Norman has created a deep rift within golf after tearing up the game's eco-system with his invitational series. Norman has used the guaranteed Saudi millions on offer to attract stars such as Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson, causing a huge division in the sport's landscape.
LIV have so far failed in their attempts to secure a broadcasting partner for their 54 hole, no-cut invitationals, despite poaching some of golf's biggest names. Norman has also been unable to legitimise his rebel series with world ranking status, leaving the long-term future of his players competing in majors hanging in the balance.
LIV's battle against the status quo has so far been thrashed out in the courts amid an antitrust lawsuit claiming the rivalling PGA Tour have illegally stifled their competition's growth. But the latest head-to-head could play out on our screens as LIV plans a documentary series that they will hope has similar success to Formula One's incredibly popular 'Drive to Survive'.
Netflix already announced at the start of 2022 a link up with the PGA Tour for the season that has transpired to be the most explosive in recent memory. The series was announced before Norman's LIV series got off the ground and is set to provide an 'immersive' experience inside the ropes, with all four major championships covered as well as the season-ending Fedex Cup.
The platform announced that the series would 'capture the intensity of training, travel, victory, and defeat through the lens of a diverse group of players and their support teams', but the agenda has no doubt since shifted after the emergence of LIV that has caused chaos in the sport.
And now Bloomberg is reporting that LIV want to screen their own series that will chronicle the fortunes of their stars as they compete for huge riches in invitational events. It is claimed that organisers at LIV are already actively seeking their own broadcast partners to help produce a show that will aim to attract new fans to their events.
Shows allowing viewers a peek behind the curtain into elite level sport are becoming increasingly popular and LIV chiefs are now seemingly keen for their own slice of the action, despite their inability to find a TV broadcast partner that will showcase its live events.
Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka claimed LIV's last invitational tour title of their inaugural season and a season-ending team event will take place in Miami between 28-30 October with 12 teams competing for a mammoth £45m prize.
