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LIV Golf player Bryson DeChambeau
With each new report, it sounds more and more likely that this will be the final season of the ill-fated LIV Golf league, which was founded in 2022 and financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
The league is reportedly starting down a financial collapse, particularly amid reports that the Saudi PIF has pulled its funding.
But star player Bryson DeChambeau, who alongside Jon Rahm was meant to be the face of the league, isn’t quite ready to let LIV fall by the wayside.
Bryson DeChambeau Asks For LIV To Get One More Chance
Speaking ahead of LIV’s season finale in Indianapolis, DeChambeau said that he believes that the league has been a net positive not only for golf, but also for the world.
“I hope people can see that we actually bring value to the game of golf,” DeChambeau said.
“Whether it’s South Africa, here in Indy or Australia, numerous places across the world, the UK, all the different places we’ve been in the U.S. Even Nashville when we played a few years ago was unbelievable.
“I think we just have a bit of a responsibility to continue to show this. If it works, it works; awesome. If it doesn’t, we’ll figure things out. Time will move on, and I would say that time heals things.
“I hope people can see that we actually bring value to the game of golf. My wish is that people give us one more shot and be open-minded.“
DeChambeau’s view of things isn’t shared by everyone else on the LIV tour. Rahm stands to lose millions of dollars should the tour shutter, while Tyrrell Hatton sent a message to the league on Thursday when he walked out to “I Want to Break Free” by Queen at the event’s “party hole.”
But that’s par for the course for DeChambeau, who has always gone against the grain. If LIV does shutter, who knows if he’d return to the PGA Tour? But if he does, he certainly won’t be welcomed back with open arms by all of his fellow players.