Four LIV exits and a Big Moss wear test lead Friday's golf day

Four more players walked away from LIV Golf on Friday, two days before the league's deadline to sign on for its relaunch. On the sim side, a second Big Moss tester and a retailer's room-sizing guide gave home builders something to measure against.

Platforms

It was a quiet 24 hours for simulator software and launch monitors, with no new releases or patch notes from the brands we follow. Trackman's Te Arai Links Virtual Challenge is still open through November 1.

Build & Gear

BandSagger Sim Golf has hit off a Big Moss Pure Flight strip for more than three months and says it still plays like day one, with wear visible only when a camera gets close to the turf (story). That backs up Unreal Golf, who bought the strip himself and called it the closest thing to real grass he has hit off (story).

Rain or Shine Golf's owner, Sean, says a sim room starts at a 10-foot ceiling and 12 feet of width, and that radar launch monitors push depth to 17 or 18 feet (story).

Courses & Play

Scottish ministers refused the revised Coul Links course near Dornoch on October 21, the second time a course on the site has been turned down (story). The Fried Egg's latest member review visits The Potato at Olde Homestead Golf Club, a family-friendly nine-hole par-3 course.

Creators

Ian Poulter says leaving LIV gives him more time for The Postman, his YouTube channel, along with senior golf (story). Fore Play posted a new Breaking 85, and the Internet Invitational, with 64 golfers playing for $4 million, premieres its first episode Monday at 1 p.m. ET.

Swing Lab

Haeran Ryu hit 35 of 36 greens in regulation through two rounds in South Korea, the most through 36 holes on the LPGA this season. She missed one more on Saturday in wind and rain, and said she hit longer clubs than usual and focused on hitting it straight.

The Game

Branden Grace, Tyrrell Hatton and Tom McKibbin joined Poulter in leaving LIV on Friday, all three bound for the DP World Tour (Grace, Hatton, McKibbin). Hatton's next start is the Abu Dhabi event November 5 to 8.

LIV's bankruptcy schedules also show $9.4 million paid to former CEO Greg Norman in September 2025, and golf writers reading the filings found a $6.375 million retention payment to CEO Scott O'Neil in June (story).

Kensei Hirata shot a bogey-free 64 to share the Bermuda lead with Chandler Blanchet at 13 under, one ahead of five players. Ryu shot 68 and leads the BMW Ladies Championship by four at 17 under over Hye-Jin Choi, Min-Ji Park and Yuri Yoshida.

What to do now

If you are planning a garage bay, measure your ceiling, width and depth against Rain or Shine's numbers before buying a strip or enclosure. Sunday brings the LIV signing deadline and final rounds in Bermuda and South Korea.