{"id":869913,"date":"2026-08-24T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869913\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:06:09","slug":"bryson-dechambeau-decision-could-prove-pivotal-for-liv-golfs-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869913\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau decision could prove pivotal for LIV Golf\u2019s future"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIV golfer Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s contract expired Sunday once the \u201cfinal putt of LIV Golf dropped\u201d and a decision by DeChambeau<\/a> to leave the tour in 2027 \u201ccould be the final nail in LIV\u2019s coffin,\u201d according to Paolo Uggetti of ESPN.com. DeChambeau \u201chas been involved in LIV\u2019s quest for resources<\/a> and led a players meeting at their event in New York,\u201d but he has also, in the past, \u201cdiscussed the possibility of not playing any tour at all.\u201d In some ways, \u201cno one has benefited more from LIV than DeChambeau.\u201d It is \u201cno surprise then that DeChambeau has been at the forefront of trying to push LIV 2.0.\u201d He will be \u201chappy to keep doing so\u201d if LIV can \u201cmeet his price\u201d (ESPN.com, 8\/23<\/a>).<\/p>\n

LOOKING FORWARD: DeChambeau, asked about LIV\u2019s future on Sunday by LIV\u2019s on-course reporter Jerry Foltz, said, \u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of potential moving forward. \u2026 As much as we\u2019re transitioning from LIV 1.0 to 2.0<\/a>, I have great thoughts about what could happen next year. I wish I could be more upfront about it, but ultimately, I\u2019m proud of the fact of what we\u2019ve done, the good and some of the bad that we\u2019ve unfortunately had\u201d (GOLFCHANNEL.com, 8\/23<\/a>).<\/p>\n

REALLY THE END? GOLF DIGEST\u2019s Joel Beall wrote Sunday \u201cmarked the end of LIV Golf as the sport had known it.\u201d An entity \u201cbearing the name may continue, with a schedule and teams and maybe a familiar face or two. But golf\u2019s civil war is effectively over.\u201d There is \u201cno shortage of suspects in LIV Golf\u2019s likely demise.\u201d The league\u2019s five-year run was \u201clittered with strategic blunders, inflated claims and minor-league execution.\u201d They were also \u201csurvivable for as long as Saudi Arabia remained willing to pay for them.\u201d Yet \u201cweak ratings did not kill LIV. Neither did an inferior product, public indifference or the human-rights controversy that followed the league everywhere it went.\u201d An entity bearing LIV\u2019s name \u201cmay survive, but it would operate with a fraction of the former backing and perhaps even less of the limited star power that gave the league relevance.\u201d The departures of LIV golfers Jon Rahm<\/a> and Tyrrell Hatton would \u201cfurther weaken an already shallow field, while a diminished schedule and roster could threaten LIV\u2019s recently acquired world-ranking accreditation.\u201d Beall: \u201cLIV has spent years rejecting the exhibition label but the 2027 incarnation may finally earn it as a showcase built around DeChambeau, former rank-and-file members and a scattering of YouTube personalities<\/a>\u201d (GOLF DIGEST, 8\/23<\/a>).<\/p>\n

WHAT NEXT? GOLF senior writer Josh Sens said he would \u201cwager\u201d that LIV \u201cexists in some ghostly form, or … with moving parts but no real life at its center.\u201d GOLF managing editor Josh Berhow added, \u201cThe next couple of months will be really important to see which (star) players are there. I know there are contracts involved here \u2026 but we\u2019re entering a weird period where it\u2019s hard to predict anything right now. It\u2019s difficult to rule anything out. The biggest thing is the league needs investors, but the investors need stars in the league\u201d (GOLF, 8\/23<\/a>). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIV golfer Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s contract expired Sunday once the \u201cfinal putt of LIV Golf dropped\u201d and a decision…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,6674,82],"class_list":["post-869913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-liv-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}