{"id":446191,"date":"2026-02-03T08:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/446191\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:17:08","slug":"bryson-dechambeau-drops-bombshell-on-liv-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/446191\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau Drops Bombshell on LIV Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Bryson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Bryson DeChambeau’s frustration with LIV Golf raises questions about his future. <\/p>\n

We\u2019re only a month into 2026, but it\u2019s already been a disastrous year for LIV Golf<\/a>. Not only did major champions Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed ditch the Saudi-backed tour to return to the PGA Tour, but now Bryson DeChambeau, the biggest star on LIV Golf, is publicly bashing the league and casting doubt about his future in professional golf.<\/p>\n

During a recent LIV Golf event in West Palm Beach, Fla., DeChambeau<\/a> expressed his frustration with LIV Golf\u2019s decision to move its tournaments from 54 to 72 holes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely changed away from what we had initially been told it was going to be,\u201d DeChambeau told Today\u2019s Golfer<\/a>. \u201cSo there is some movement that we\u2019ve all been, I would say, interested in, and going, \u2018why that movement?\u2019 Because we were told it was going to be this. So that\u2019s definitely made us have some different thoughts about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uh oh.<\/p>\n

The last thing LIV Golf needs right now is its No. 1 attraction turning against the league. This ill-advised decision could mark the beginning of the end for LIV.<\/p>\n

LIV Golf Betrayed Its Players With Switch to 72 Holes\"Jon<\/p>\n

GettyLIV Golf needs Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to survive.<\/p>\n

In November, LIV Golf announced it would move to 72-hole tournaments starting in 2026. The move marks a sizeable change from the three-day, 54-hole events that defined the first three seasons of the rival golf league. In fact, the name LIV comes from the Roman numeral 54, signifying the number of holes in a tournament and the score a golfer would shoot if they birdied every hole on a par-72 course.<\/p>\n

The shorter tournaments initially enticed players who were tired of the grueling PGA Tour schedule, so adding another day and 18 more holes to every event goes against what those players signed up for in the first place. Unsurprisingly, many of them weren\u2019t thrilled with the change.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in November, LIV star Tyrrell Hatton revealed that the rival golf league asked players about switching to 72 holes in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think of everyone who filled it out, I think there was only three guys, initially, who had said [yes] about moving there [to 72 holes],\u201d Hatton said, per Golf.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Based on DeChambeau\u2019s recent quotes, he clearly wasn\u2019t one of the three on board.<\/p>\n

Bryson DeChambeau Bashes LIV Golf, Refuses to Commit Long-Term\"Bryson<\/p>\n

GettyBryson DeChambeau\u2019s frustration with LIV Golf raises questions about his future.<\/p>\n

When the news first came out in November, DeChambeau didn\u2019t seem to have a problem with the switch from 54 to 72 holes. After some reflection, though, he\u2019s changed his tune. The two-time major champion might just be frustrated enough to leave LIV Golf when his contract runs out after the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a contract for this year, and we\u2019ll go through it there and see what happens after that,\u201d DeChambeau said. \u201cLook, it\u2019s 72 holes, it\u2019s changed, but we\u2019re still excited to play professionally and play for what we\u2019re doing and go across the world. I think it\u2019s going to be great for our [Crushers GC] team. Is it what we ultimately signed up for? No. So I think we\u2019re supposed to be different, so I\u2019m a little indifferent to it right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, it weighs positively on me over the course of time, but you never know. I\u2019m not sure. We didn\u2019t sign up to play for 72.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeChambeau turned down the PGA Tour\u2019s olive branch to return for the 2026 season because he wanted to play out the rest of his contract. After this season, though, he\u2019ll be open for business, and it sure sounds as if LIV Golf<\/a> could let its biggest star slip away.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tJack Dougherty<\/a> Jack Dougherty is an established sports journalist covering professional golf, Penn State football and the NFL with a focus on the Philadelphia Eagles for Heavy.com. His work has been featured on GoPSUSports.com, the Centre Daily Times, the Associated Press, Sportscasting, Sportmoney, Pro Golf Now and Yardbarker. More about Jack Dougherty<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

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