Court Records Show LIV Golf Paid $15.6 Million in Executive Retention Bonuses Before Bankruptcy Filing
Court records filed in New Jersey show that LIV Golf paid $15.6 million in retention bonuses to seven executives, including CEO Scott O'Neil, in the months leading up to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
Orlando Daytona Beach Melbourne, FL, October 24, 2026 —
Court records filed in New Jersey show that LIV Golf paid a total of $15.6 million in retention bonuses to seven executives in the months before the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The executives included Chief Executive Officer Scott O’Neil.
The disclosed payments establish the total amount, the number of executives who received bonuses and the timing relative to the filing. The records, as described, do not provide a breakdown of how much each executive received or specify the dates of the payments and the bankruptcy filing.
The summary of the court records does not state why the bonuses were paid, what conditions were attached to them or whether the payments were connected to the decision to seek bankruptcy protection. It also does not identify the six other executives who received bonuses.
Chapter 11 is the bankruptcy process named in the filing, but the available information does not describe LIV Golf’s case, its financial circumstances or any proposed steps following the filing. No details were provided about the status or outcome of the proceeding.
The records place the executive payments in the period leading up to the filing, but that timing alone does not establish the purpose of the bonuses or their relationship to the bankruptcy. Additional information about the filings, including the individual payment amounts and the terms of the bonuses, was not included in the summary.
Story summarized from the original created by Doug Ferguson, Associated Press on www.clickorlando.com, see more information here.
