LIV Golf’s $300 million lifeline vanishes as stars scramble to save the league.

Despite private equity firm BC Partners dropping its bid after failing to secure player commitments in time, certain players are making a desperate last-ditch attempt to keep LIV Golf alive.

Financial Times journalist Sujeet Indap broke the news on Wednesday that BC Partners had decided against investing in the league.

He then took to his X account on Thursday to provide an update on the current LIV 2.0 situation.

Indap now suggests there is still some hope.

The problem for them now will actually be to get some big-name players to sign up to their project.

Unfortunately for them, they have been unable to do that so far.

Bryson DeChambeau remains their only real hope.

The likes of Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia and Tyrrell Hatton have already moved on.

Rahm is back in action for the first time in months, playing at the Abu Dhabi Championship.

He took time off for the birth of his child shortly after the BMW PGA Championship in September.

Rahm’s lawyer has announced he will not be involved with LIV 2.0.

His performance at Wentworth was the worst of his career, as he finished dead last in the field.

That came shortly after his departure from LIV Golf when the tour declared bankruptcy.

It appeared that Rahm’s former tour would survive for another season.

But its new investors, BC Partners, withdrew their support for LIV 2.0 due to a lack of player commitments.

Rahm now looks to be back in a major way following his opening round at Yas Links.

He shot a seven-under par 65, tied for second place.

Rahm caught fire on the front nine, making five birdies before the turn.

He kept his scorecard clean on the final nine holes to finish three shots behind the leading Francesco Laporta.

After his round, Rahm was happy with his day’s work but felt he managed to score well despite some bad swings over 18 holes.

He said, “Yeah, obviously a very good score. I think the highlight today was my iron game. Very good with the irons. Gave myself plenty of chances and obviously holed a few.”

“I would say, though, I got away with a couple of bad swings. Had a tee shot on three, and then up the middle of fairway, a tee shot on 11, being able to find that and have a birdie putt.”

“So a few bad swings that I got away with. But overall, yeah, I shot really nice today.”

Rahm said he had low expectations for the week because of his poor play lately, and that helped him settle into a rhythm quickly.

He continued, “I think sometimes when your expectation is low, you just go out and play golf, and you’re not forcing anything. That’s what I did today.”

Adrian Meronk, who won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, is T3 at six-under.

Rahm’s former LIV teammate Tyrrell Hatton is at five-under after a poor run of form of late.

All three have a fantastic chance of winning the first round of the DP World Tour playoffs if they maintain this level over the remaining three days.

BC Partners dropped their bid for LIV 2.0 as it could not get enough players to commit in time to meet deadlines set with PIF and LIV.

LIV Golf has made a lot of players wealthier than they ever could have imagined.

Their approach has proven to be unsustainable in the end.

Clearly nothing has been officially decided yet.

But it’s hard to envisage a scenario whereby LIV Golf 2.0 has any chance whatsoever of surviving, let alone thriving.

The league is on the verge of collapse after its potential saviours pulled out of a proposed rescue deal.

It has been an eventful run for the Saudi-backed disruption attempt.