Bryson DeChambeau has opened up on the emotions he felt after discovering that the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) would be withdrawing their funding for LIV Golf. It was confirmed last week that PIF would no longer fund the breakaway league following the conclusion of the 2026 season.
The announcement has led to speculation about the future of the league, as well as the players who are competing on the circuit, which includes DeChambeau. Reports last week claimed that the representatives of some players on LIV had approached the PGA Tour to explore the possibility of a potential return to the Tour. DeChambeau was one of the first players to leave the PGA Tour back in 2022 to join LIV, and there is now speculation about whether the 32-year-old will return.
With uncertainty still dominating the future of LIV and the players in the league, DeChambeau has opened up on his immediate reaction to discovering the news that PIF would be withdrawing their funding. “Same day as everybody else,” DeChambeau said in an interview with Golf.com. “I didn’t know. It was quite quick.”
When asked for what he said when being informed of the news, DeChambeau stated: “There’s no way. That’s frickin’ impossible, considering what I’d heard a couple months earlier. I thought there was a plan through 2032. It was a flip of the switch.
“I wish [the PIF] the best of luck. I just wish they would have stayed in a little longer, because we’re really close on the team side, for every team being profitable.”
Along with competing on the LIV circuit, DeChambeau also has a YouTube channel that currently boasts 2.69 million subscribers. In a separate interview, DeChambeau went on to explain what his career plans in golf could be in the event that LIV was to collapse, which will seemingly include his YouTube channel.
“I think, from my perspective, I’d love to grow my YouTube channel three times, maybe even more,” DeChambeau told ESPN this week.
“I would love to. I’d love to do a bunch of dubbing in different languages, giving the world more reason to watch YouTube. And then I’d love to play tournaments that want me.”