Bryson DeChambeau has no regrets about LIV Golf, but his future in the sport — and whether an eventual return to the PGA Tour is his goal — remains unclear.
The polarizing golf star, who bolted from the PGA Tour to the rebel golf league in 2022 and became one of its defining presences given his social-media reach, doubled down on his decision to join LIV Golf in a social-media post Sunday. That came even with the league now dead and liquidating its assets following a reveal in a New Jersey bankruptcy court last week.
“I’m not going to rewrite the last four years,” DeChambeau, the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Open winner wrote. “I made a decision I believed in, and I’m grateful for what came with it: playing in front of fans new and old around the world who rarely got to see the best players at home. … I believed this game could reach more people, in more places, in a new way. I still believe that. And I gave it everything I had to keep team golf alive.”
DeChambeau remained one of the staunch supporters of LIV Golf — even with its future murky — in the final weeks of its operation, as an attempt to form LIV Golf 2.0 took shape, reportedly “working diligently behind the scenes,” according to an ESPN report at the time. He reportedly never signed a binding agreement to latch on with the revamped version of the golf league, according to Sports Business Journal.
In his post Sunday, DeChambeau thanked the operations staff, caddies and people behind the scenes with both the league and his Crushers Golf Club team. DeChambeau, a five-time individual champion with LIV Golf, also wrote that the crowds in Adelaide, Australia, and Johannesburg, South Africa, “will stick with me for the rest of my life.”
But the question for DeChambeau has become what’s next for the 33-year-old, which he didn’t directly address — beyond one future tournament — in his statement.
A path back to the PGA Tour, via the DP World Tour, reportedly exists, though DeChambeau would need to apply by Nov. 15, according to The Athletic.
He said in his statement that he plans to play at the Nedbank Golf Challenge, hosted by Gary Player in South Africa. It will mark DeChambeau’s first tournament since the final LIV Golf event at the end of August.
“Arnold Palmer said no player is bigger than the game,” DeChambeau wrote in his statement, “and I want to acknowledge that, along the way, I’ve said some things that didn’t help. Whatever comes next, I’ll approach it with humility and respect for the people who carried this game long before me. In December, I’ll compete at the Nedbank Golf Challenge, Gary Player’s event, in front of fans who made my first visit to South Africa unforgettable. Beyond that, I’ll go about whatever is next the right way.
“My passion has been to grow this game. That’s still the goal. Thank you for sticking with me. Together we can all grow this great game we love.”
