Christchurch Golf Club has confirmed to Checkpoint that representatives from the Saudi-backed tournament have visited, but nothing has been finalised yet.
Critics say the controversial, expensive competition is a form of sportswashing, with Saudi Arabia attempting to draw attention to the country's dire human rights record, as evidenced by the brutal murder of a journalist in Turkey in 2018.
But Sir Bob, who is a patron of the Christchurch club, wants nothing to do with it. If the event goes ahead, he will make sure he is as far away as possible – probably Millbrook, 250 miles away.
“The traditional game that I've been playing for 50 years and traveling the world with is totally messed up and they're causing chaos. They're causing problems and I don't have time for LIV anymore.”
LIV was launched in 2022. It was funded by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and its CEO was Australian golf legend Greg Norman.
Other golfing stars, including former world number one Rory McIlroy, also lament the split in the golf world and urge the PGA and LIV to “bring it all back together” so that the world's best players compete in the same tournaments.
He said no one could “completely destroy” the sport but he could not condone the “bribery and corruption” of the tournament.
“They've been offered ridiculous amounts of money and some of the guys playing, I've never heard of… I don't know if they deserve the money they've been offered.”
He also wasn't a fan of the aesthetic changes.
“It's not the traditional game… we had a set of rules, we had an organization and they're a bunch of guys playing in shorts. So I have nothing nice to say about them at all.”
Sir Bob said he had no inside information about the direction the club might take.
“Nobody has communicated with me. I know nothing.”
Elsewhere in the golf world, Sir Bob heaped praise on Paris Olympic gold medallist Lydia Ko, who is now in line for the LPGA Hall of Fame.
A birdie on the 18th hole at Le Golf National gave her a score of 10-under to take gold, putting her two strokes ahead of her nearest rival.
“That was fantastic. I'm proud of her,” Sir Bob said. “She's certainly had her ups and downs recently, and most of them have been downs… But she's had a lot of success leading up to this event and I think this gold medal at the Olympics is the icing on the cake.”