LIV Golf is set for a big change next year.
As reported by Alex Miceli of Sports Illustrated, LIV will allow trades between teams beginning in 2024.
It’s an interesting development that may bring some additional drama to the season.
In regard to the trading aspect, Bubba Watson said “It’s gonna be a reason of not getting along, this guy can help us or I’m buddies with this guy, or all the team’s friends with this guy.”
A situation unfolded this season with Brooks Koepka calling out the play and effort of his Smash GC teammate Matthew Wolff.
Kopeka blasted Wolff, saying “You don’t work hard. It’s very tough. It’s very tough to have even like a team dynamic when you’ve got one guy that won’t work, one guy is not going to give any effort, he’s going to quit on the course, break clubs, gets down, bad body language, it’s very tough. I’ve basically given up on him—a lot of talent, but I mean the talent’s wasted.”
In that were to happen in 2024, Wolff would have likely ended up on the trading block.
Crushers GC captain Bryson DeChambeau was also supportive of the idea.
“I can’t speak for everyone, but what I can say is that if it comes time to where someone’s not performing well, and it’s been enough time to try and get given that opportunity to play well and it’s not been done, I will make a decision based on that.”
Each team has different amounts of money that they’ve won during the team aspect of the season to allocate on hotels, transportation and food, so a trade could totally shake up the dynamic of a player’s season if they were traded to a more or less successful team.
Peter Uihlein of the Four Aces, who switched teams with Talor Gooch of the Range Goats last season, said it’s “just business”.
“I mean, it’s no different than any other sport, right? Baseball, football, basketball, guys get traded (though) you obviously build a rapport with your squad,” Uihlein said. “But at the end of the day, if your franchise thinks they can do better, then they have to make hard decisions, and it’s just business.”
With relegation looming for some players, and now an added twist of player trades, it should be an interesting offseason for LIV Golf.
Article originally appeared on: Golfwrx.com

Big news? And here I thought they were going to 4 rounds or create a “major” of Their Own! Players traded! Yawn!