Reports - Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed joining LIV Golf Invitational Series

Two more major champions, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed, are joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.

DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open Champion, and Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, are expected to compete in LIV Golf's first United States-based event, scheduled at Pumpkin Ridge in Portland, Oregon, from June 30-July 2.

An LIV Golf spokesperson declined comment.

«Bryson has always been an innovator,» DeChambeau's agent, Brett Falkoff of GSE Worldwide, told ESPN on Wednesday. «Having the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of something unique has always been intriguing to him. Professional golf as we know it is changing and it's happening quickly.»

It would be another blow for the PGA Tour, which denied conflicting-event releases to players who requested them to compete in LIV Golf tournaments, which are being financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. DeChambeau and Reed are two of the most polarizing players on tour.

The addition of DeChambeau and Reed would give LIV Golf at least nine former major champions who have jumped from the PGA Tour. Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson, two-time major winners Dustin Johnson and Martin Kaymer and four others — Sergio Garcia (2017 Masters), Charl Schwartzel (2011 Masters), Graeme McDowell (2010 U.S. Open) and Louis Oosthuizen (2010 Open Championship) — are competing in LIV Golf's inaugural event, which starts Thursday at Centurion Club outside London.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has threatened players who competed without releases with potential punishment, including fines, suspensions and/or bans. A handful of players, including Johnson, Garcia, Schwartzel and Kevin Na, have resigned from the tour.

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