{"id":407442,"date":"2026-01-14T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407442\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:58:09","slug":"bryson-dechambeau-reveals-viable-liv-golf-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407442\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau reveals &#8216;viable&#8217; LIV Golf alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes are on Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s next steps \u2014 and whether it includes a membership on a professional golf tour.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Front Office Sports on Wednesday, the LIV Golf star, 32, said a focus on YouTube while competing in major championships without an affiliation to a golf circuit is an \u201cincredibly viable option,\u201d as contract talks with the Saudi-backed league continue with the PGA Tour lurking in the background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s an incredibly viable option, I\u2019ll tell you that,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/bryson-dechambeau-majors-and-youtube-golf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said DeChambeau<\/a> of the video platform, where he boasts 2.57 million subscribers and streams his popular \u201cBreak 50\u201d series that has featured the likes of Steph Curry, Tom Brady and President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38183244\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bryson-dechambeau-u-s-team-112127052.jpg\" alt=\"Bryson DeChambeau is opening up about future golf possibilities.\" class=\"wp-image-38183244\"  \/>Bryson DeChambeau is opening up about future golf possibilities. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoing the course record series and playing \u2018Break 50s,\u2019 it does keep me quite dialed in for tournament golf, that\u2019s why I do it right before competition. It\u2019s a possibility, the financial opportunities are there, and I\u2019m excited to see what comes in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although DeChambeau\u2019s immediate future is tied to LIV, what happens after remains to be seen. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are negotiating now and hopefully we can come to a solution where it makes sense for everyone long term,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd if not, we will see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A two-time U.S. Open champion, DeChambeau is one of three LIV golfers eligible to return to the PGA Tour via its Returning Members Program, which was announced Monday in conjunction with its Brooks Koepka reunion.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38183248\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/august-06-bryson-dechambeau-united-20177047.jpg\" alt=\"Bryson DeChambeau has played for LIV Golf since 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-38183248\"  \/>Bryson DeChambeau has played for LIV Golf since 2022. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The program, which vowed to close its doors on Feb. 2, would welcome back esteemed golfers who have either won the Players Championship or a major between 2022 and 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/12\/sports\/brooks-koepka-making-pga-tour-return-with-potential-90-million-punishment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as well as accepting a hefty financial penalty.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DeChambeau meets the criteria to return with his 2024 U.S. Open victory, in addition to Jon Rahm (2023 Masters champ) and Cam Smith (2022 winner of The Open).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/13\/sports\/bryson-dechambeau-among-liv-stars-sticking-with-rebel-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The trio voiced their commitment to LIV<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I\u2019ve got a contract. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what we can do at LIV Golf this year,\u201d DeChambeau said.<\/p>\n<p>Koepka, who split from LIV in December after four seasons, will make his first PGA Tour start of 2026 at the Farmers Insurance Open later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All eyes are on Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s next steps \u2014 and whether it includes a membership on a professional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[15547,427,10658,3332,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-407442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-bryson-dechambeau","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-liv-golf","11":"tag-pga-tour","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}