Overview
- Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee said Wednesday he is "hearing through the grapevine" that Bryson DeChambeau is trying to find a way back to the PGA Tour as his LIV contract nears its 2026 end.
- Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has confirmed it will withdraw financial support for LIV Golf after this season, a development that has increased uncertainty about the league’s future and player options.
- PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has said any returning LIV players must accept re-entry deals tougher than the one Brooks Koepka took, which included a $5 million charitable payment and forfeited equity grants.
- DeChambeau has not confirmed plans to leave LIV and has previously denied intending to depart before his contract ends, while continuing to build a large YouTube audience and co-launch a digital network that depends on filming access.
- If DeChambeau does seek a return, negotiators will have to resolve legal and practical hurdles from his dropped antitrust suit to PGA Tour restrictions on filming, even as LIV looks for outside capital and contingency plans.