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Bryson DeChambeau says he will prioritize his YouTube channel if LIV Golf falls through for a possible return to the PGA Tour.
Last week, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced it would do so cut its funding In the Breakaway Golf League after the conclusion of the 2026 season.
In a statement released on Thursday, the PIF said that “the significant investment required is no longer consistent with the Fund’s investment strategy moving forward.”
LIV is one of golf’s biggest stars – along with Spain’s John Rahm, who A resolution was reached with DP World Tour on Tuesday DeChambeau’s future is now of great interest – having paid all his outstanding fines as part of his deal to return to playing on the circuit.
“I think, from my perspective, I want to triple my YouTube channel, maybe more,” DeChambeau, who has 2.69 million subscribers on YouTube, told ESPN.
“I would love to. I want to do a bunch of dubbing in different languages, which gives the world more reasons to watch YouTube. And then I want to play tournaments that want me.
“The egos need to be removed. Everyone needs to bring an even playing field with an opportunistic mindset to grow the game of golf. That’s why I’m here. That’s why I do what I do on YouTube.”
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Regarding the possible penalties and fines for rejoining the PGA Tour, DeChambeau added: “It’s very unfortunate in my opinion, considering what I can do for them.”
The 32-year-old also admitted that Saudi Arabia’s announcement came as a great surprise to him, especially considering he was led to believe LIV Golf would be funded for another six years until 2032.
“I was completely shocked,” DeChambeau said. “I didn’t expect it. A few months before that, it’s like: ‘We’re here until 2032. We’re funded until 2032,’ and so I told everybody, and that’s what I was told.
“And then, you know, I had no contact. And unfortunately, things went the other way. Obviously, they wanted to move on.
Yasir Al-Rumaian of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has announced that it will cut funding to LIV Gold after the 2026 season.
“If we have a great business model and they (PGA Tour, DP World Tour) are very interested in combining forces, that’s a kumbaya moment, right?
“So, it’s our job to come up with a good business plan towards (the top company). The team franchise, now there’s enough profit to where we can sell them for about $200m (£147m), and that’s not even talking about my team.
“I think it requires a little bit of everyone just letting their guard down and everyone coming together and going: ‘OK, what’s the best way to play golf?'”
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Eamon Lynch told Golf Today on the Golf Channel that it would be very difficult for the pair to return to the PGA Tour for either Rahm or DeChambeau.
DeChambeau won the 2023 US Open, meaning he has an exemption there until 2033. Still, he’s only guaranteed entry to The Masters, The Open and the PGA until 2028.
The California-native, whose LIV Golf contract expires after this season, also said he’s confident LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neill will attract new investors.
“There are some different models,” he said. “Look, (the PGA Tour) isn’t doing well either. Let’s be honest about the situation.
“They have the media. They’re all on the side who help pump it up. But they’re downsizing the field, cutting employees and restructuring their business.
As for the possibility of his LIV golf contract paying off or not, DeChambeau said: “Your guess is as good as mine.”
‘There will be some form of a road for many of these people’
Speaking to the Sky Sports Golf Podcast, PGA Tour and DP World Tour player Billy Horschel said:
“If you have a price and the person doesn’t agree, and then they come back. That offer isn’t on the table yet; that offer is going to change a little bit.
“I think going forward with these three players, if they offer anything, it’s going to be a different offer. I think when it’s related to the other players, I don’t think anybody else has access to PGA Tour eligibility. So I don’t know what’s going to happen. There’s going to be some form of a road for a lot of these guys.
“Some of these guys don’t have a road. I don’t see Phil Mickelson’s road back to the PGA Tour, even though he’s a lifetime member of the PGA Tour and he’s done a lot and there’s a lot of things he said he did. There were things behind the scenes of what he said and before I LIV came out, and I didn’t work right, I think there were things behind the scenes before it came out. I don’t think he’s even on the PGA Tour or even the Champions. Wants to get back on tour.
“It would be nice that when it’s all said and done, there’s not that kind of bickering. I’m all for competition; it creates a sense that you have to change to get better. You have to be innovative, you have to do something to still be the top dog in professional golf.
“Going forward, it will be nice to have the players who want to get back to playing PGA Tour golf, the guys who want to get back to playing on the DP World Tour, under one big umbrella, a little bit more harmonious.”
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