Sir Nick Faldo believes golfers returning from the failed LIV series must ‘go to the back of the start line’ to rebuild their careers.LIV Golf’s days are numbered just a few years on from their hugely disruptive burst onto the sporting scene.Faldo has hit out at LIV players looking to return to the traditional toursGettyThe 2026 season is now over and the year-ending team event has been scrapped amid rumours that the breakaway tour is done and dusted.Recent reports say huge swaths of LIV employees have been laid off while several of their top stars are now expected to try and rejoin the established circuits.Faldo, who is hosting the British Masters at The Belfry this week, insists the LIV players should not be given an easy ride when returning.The six-time major winner wants to help protect players who stayed loyal to the DP World Tour and PGA Tour and not let more eye-catching names from LIV ‘jump the queue’. He told talkSPORT Drive: “I’ve heard literally all the captains, apart from Bryson DeChambeau, have said ‘okay, we’re done, let’s call it a day’ so they want to find their way back onto the Tours. “If you didn’t have any real status before on the Tour, then I think you should go back to the start line and start again. “You’ve got guys for the last five years who’ve busted their you know what through the Challenge Tour and others to get on Tour so you can’t just jump the queue. “I think many should just go back to the start line and work. If you’re skilled and determined, you’ll get there.“LIV more than disrupted golf, they wanted to demolish things like the DP World Tour so I don’t think it should be easy.”Faldo’s comments could cause a few awkward conversations at the Belfry this week as a number of LIV Golf players are in action on the DP World Tour.LIV star Hatton is playing at Faldo’s British Masters event this weekTyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin and Adrian Meronk are teeing it up as is Patrick Reed, who left LIV earlier this year.Faldo says LIV was founded on ‘gimmicks’ and its soon-to-be demise shows there are more important things in golf than quirky rules and money.He added: “Right from the start I didn’t like what it was standing for – the small field, the 54 holes, it was all gimmicks.“I didn’t like it right from the start and I believe I’m right now.“Over the last 50 years, what are the best tournaments in the world? The four Majors and the Ryder Cup, isn’t it? You can’t knock them.“And we have a good 20 or 30 [other events] around the world that are great fun and guess what they play? 72 holes, with a cut.“So that’s golf, I’m sorry, that is golf.Rahm is expected to return to the PGA Tour soonGetty“Most of their stuff was just a gimmick and it proved it didn’t work.“You cannot play a sport with no consequences. You cannot play a sport when there’s no fear of failure. “I haven’t got a clue how many dollars I’ve ever won in my career but I sure know how many tournaments I’ve won and obviously the big ones and all those memories.“That’s the most important thing, not the bank balance.”