Bryson DeChambeau has said he would concentrate on his YouTube channel if LIV Golf fails to secure continued funding. The Saudi-backed breakaway circuit faces an uncertain future after the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced plans to withdraw financing at the end of the year, having spent over $5.4bn on the venture since 2022.
Speaking at the LIV Golf Virginia event, the two-time major champion said: “If we don’t find a solution, for me I think it’s really enticing, depending on what everybody says on the [PGA] Tour and what they’re going to strike me with as a penalty. From my perspective, I’d love to grow my YouTube channel three times, maybe even more.”
DeChambeau, whose reported $125m contract with LIV expires at the end of this season, admitted he was “completely shocked” by the PIF’s withdrawal. “A couple months before that, it’s like, ‘We’re here until 2032. We’ve got financing until 2032’. And then I haven’t had any communication,” he said.
He dismissed reports of talks over a return to the PGA Tour as “completely untrue”, and criticised the Tour’s current condition, noting reduced field sizes and employee cuts. “The egos need to get dropped,” he added. “Everybody needs to come in with a level-headed playing field, with an opportunistic mindset to grow the game of golf.”
