Lee Westwood Reveals Perfect Schedule Includes LIV And DP World Tour

Lee Westwood stands with his hands on his hips during a LIV Golf event in 2026 — (Image credit: Getty Images)

Lee Westwood admits LIV Golf made mistakes during its first iteration, but although he doesn't know the full details of bankruptcy proceedings he's hoping to play in a new version as part of his future schedule.

Scott O'Neil has found a new investor for a proposed LIV Golf 2.0 but first the company has to restructure and go through bankruptcy proceedings in court to clear up its outstanding debt.

It's a complicated procedure that players aren't fully clued up on, but Westwood and others are being kept updated on the situation and how a new league will look under new investment.

So when Westwood joined talkSPORT radio in the UK he didn't really know too many bankruptcy details but did discuss how he hoped his future looked - and also that lessons need to be learned from the first version.

"I think everybody understands that there were mistakes made with the first one," Westwood told talkSPORT.

"And the new partner's coming in to make it a sustainable tour and a sustainable operation, so that's very good.

"And yes we're being kept informed on LIV 2.0, the new partner coming in, and I guess they're just working on that at the moment, and that's all that I know really.

"But obviously whenever bankruptcy's mentioned, that's never a good idea and it's bad for a lot of people."

Lee Westwood's ideal future schedule

Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter pose for pictures as part of Majesticks Golf Club in LIV Golf

With players able to leave once bankruptcy proceedings are complete, Westwood says "some will and some won't" want to seek pastures new.

Westwood and Ian Poulter both paid off their DP World Tour fines this year and will return to action at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, with Westwood also recently playing on the Legends Tour.

The former World No.1 will obviously see what a LIV 2.0 looks like, but in theory a shorter season would actually suit him at this stage of his career, and mix in nicely with his ideal schedule.

"I think we're obviously all independent contractors and everybody's got different options at different times in their careers and stuff like that," Westwood added.

"But my plan is to have a good look at LIV 2.0 and make a decision after that, I enjoy playing on LIV.

"So if it continued the team aspect and ten tournaments a year, which is great for me as I've got older, I'm 53 now, and mixing it up with playing on possibly the DP World Tour and the Legends Tour."

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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.