Bryson DeChambeau's LIV teammate reveals stance on future as deadline looms

Bryson DeChambeau's LIV Golf teammate Anirban Lahiri says he has loved his time on the breakaway tour but remains tight-lipped about whether he will commit to its new era.

LIV is currently trying to restructure following the multi-billion-dollar withdrawal of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).

The league is trying to move forward with London-based credit firm BC Partners at the wheel and has already secured a possible $300m in financing.

But players have until 25 October to decide whether or not they want to commit to what is being dubbed LIV Golf 2.0.

"The situation is very dynamic," Lahiri told reporters ahead of the DP World India Championship.

"A lot of things are going on. It's hard for me to comment on it, also because, you know, it's a matter of seeing how the processes work out.

"As for me, I'm just focusing on playing this week. I'm here for the DP World Tour India Championship. I'm excited how I play this week.

"I think my focus and energies are going to be in the here and now and next week I'm playing in Hong Kong and then I do have the Philippine Open on my schedule, by which time I think we will know."

Lahiri added: "I think my only message to everyone who is going to have questions regarding this is you have been patient so far.

"Just give it another month, month and a half, and everyone will know exactly what's happening one way or the other.

"So, yeah, that's all I would like to say on that. LIV has been great for me and I've enjoyed it.

"Would I like for it to continue? Why not. But we don't have a crystal ball, so let's see where it goes."

There are plenty of rumours about which players will stay with LIV, leave it or are undecided. 

Two-time major winner Jon Rahm has decided his time is up, with his lawyer explaining that the Spaniard deems the proposed terms for LIV 2.0 as "unacceptable".

Recent reports have suggested Chile's Joaquin Niemann will move on, along with Mexico's Abraham Ancer.

Poland's Adrian Meronk, who recently won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, and Spain's David Puig have also declared they will leave.

Sergio Garcia has had his contract terminated at his lawyers' request.

But it remains to be seen what Garcia will do, though the former Masters champion appears ready to make one last run at the European Ryder Cup team in 2027. 

Lahiri is not paying attention to the noise.

"I keep joking with my friends that I live under a rock in Dubai, and I actually do," he said.

"The best thing that I found for my own peace of mind was to not go looking for information.

"The one thing I also learned is if you go looking for information you're going to hear ten things and nine-and-a-half will be untrue.

"So the reality is that the one thing I learned in the last four, four-and-a-half years is until something has actually happened, it's not happening.

"It's just been a cycle that's been on repeat.

"People say things that are rumours, this is believed, this is believed. Somebody else is doing that. It just continues, and then something totally different happens.

"For me, I'm going to do what I need to do. My time was well spent with my family, focused on my own wellbeing and their wellbeing.

"I love playing golf. I believe I have a lot of gas left in the tank, a lot more that I want to achieve, and I'm going to continue to work my hardest to be the best golfer I can.

"Where I play is going to be based on the best interest of my family and myself. When that opportunity or option is put in front of me, I'll exercise the best option.

"Outside of that, I don't pay attention to what's going on because there is no point.

"There is nothing I can do to alter the larger scheme of things outside my own golf and the quality that I bring to a golf course, which is why I said that the best thing that everybody can do is chill out and wait for a month [and] let things play out.

"Then I know there is less sensationalism, less page-three tabloid media to put out there, but it's great to sure our mental health."

Lahiri added that there are a lot of things going on behind the scenes that he is not privy to sharing.

"Like I said, I'm going to make my decision when my options are in front of me, and the decisions will be based on what I believe is in the best interest of my family and myself," he said.

"I've had the time of my life the last four years. It's been fantastic. At the end of the day, I'm a professional golfer.

"I intend to continue to do what I do at the highest level possible, to the best of my ability.

"Whatever option allows me to balance that with where I find myself in my life is what I'm going to do."