The LIV Golf<\/a> superstar shut down a return to the PGA Tour<\/a> during a press conference on Tuesday, albeit looking and sounding rather downbeat about it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n DeChambeau has been given the opportunity to make an immediate return to the PGA Tour via a new Returning Membership<\/a> policy with a tight deadline of 2 February.\u00a0<\/p>\n The new time-sensitive policy was set by PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp in light of Brooks Koepka being reinstated<\/a> onto the PGA Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Koepka quit the LIV Golf League when ending his contract a year early on 23 December.<\/p>\n Fast forward to this Monday and the five-time major champion was suddenly a PGA Tour member once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n The move does have consequence though, and you can learn about that here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith have also been handed a chance by Rolapp to return to the PGA Tour under the same policy, but like DeChambeau, they have shut the door<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the case of DeChambeau, he confirmed to reporters on Tuesday that he intends to see out the remaining year of his LIV Golf contract in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n What happens after that remains to be seen as DeChambeau is currently in talks with LIV Golf’s bankrollers, the Saudi Public Investment Fund, on a new deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n But that process is taking time.\u00a0<\/p>\n DeChambeau did, however, take to Instagram within minutes of his press conference to post a cryptic photo and message on his Story.\u00a0<\/p>\n The two-time US Open teased his followers by posting an image of him shrugging his shoulders with an exit sign in the background.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n He then used a question box with the words: “What would you do?”\u00a0<\/p>\n Bryson’s cryptic post on his Instagram Story<\/p>\n The Telegraph<\/a> understands DeChambeau expects to see his unprecedented $500m (\u00a3372m) demands to stay with LIV Golf met.\u00a0<\/p>\n Should that happen, DeChambeau would replace Rahm ($300m in 2024) as LIV Golf’s most expensive ever signing.\u00a0<\/p>\n But nothing has yet been confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n In fact, there is even a possibility DeChambeau could snub both LIV Golf and the PGA Tour to simply play YouTube Golf around the four majors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Could that really be a viable option to maintain sharpness ahead of The Masters, US PGA, US Open and The Open, and even the Ryder Cup?\u00a0<\/p>\n Absolutely, in the eyes of Bryson, who has taken his popular YouTube channe<\/a>l to more than 2.5m subscribers in a short space of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n “That’s an incredibly viable option I’ll tell you that,” DeChambeau told Front Office Sports with a smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Doing the course record series, playing Break 50s does keep me dialled in for tournament golf, which is why I do it before competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n “So it’s a possibility, the financial opportunities are there and excited to see what comes of the future.”<\/p>\n DeChambeau was then further pressed by FOS about his latest negotiations with LIV Golf, but the Crushers captain added little to what he’d already explained during his Tuesday press conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We’re negotiating now and hopefully we can come to a solution where it makes sense for the long term, and if not we’ll play this year and see what happens.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Watch Bryson’s comments in full below:\u00a0<\/p>\n Bryson Dechambeau tells @FOS<\/a> that his LIV Golf contract negotiations will continue ahead of and potentially into the 2026 season, and that going tour-less, just doing YouTube Golf + the majors is an “incredibly viable option” in 2027 and beyond. pic.twitter.com\/bx0BLJsZzV<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Bryson's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_6212_0.PNG\")
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