Bryson DeChambeau plans to focus on YouTube if LIV Golf ends - ESPN

STERLING, Va. — If LIV Golf can't survive beyond this season without Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund's purse strings, two-time major champion Bryson DeChambeau said Tuesday that he's prepared to grow his YouTube channel and play in tournaments that want him.

DeChambeau, 32, said he had some conversations with the PGA Tour, but not specifically about what his potential pathway back to his former circuit might look like if LIV folds.

«I think, from my perspective, I'd love to grow my YouTube channel three times, maybe even more,» DeChambeau said, while practicing Tuesday in preparation for this week's LIV Golf tournament at Trump National Golf Club.

«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.»

Though DeChambeau didn't get into specifics, he suggested that the PGA Tour is prepared to hit him with severe penalties if he wants to come back.

DeChambeau was one of the biggest stars to join the breakaway circuit in June 2022, and he was among 11 golfers who sued the PGA Tour later that year, alleging it used its monopoly power to unfairly suspend players who joined LIV Golf. He withdrew from the federal lawsuit in May 2023.

On Tuesday, DeChambeau described potential punishment from the PGA Tour as «quite unfortunate in my opinion, considering what I could do for them.»

At the same time, DeChambeau suggested that LIV Golf and the PGA Tour need to work together to reunify men's professional golf.

The PGA Tour seems to have the most leverage now, after the PIF announced last week that it will no longer fund the circuit with $30 million purses.

«The egos need to get dropped,» DeChambeau said.