{"id":598026,"date":"2026-04-21T18:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:08:10","slug":"bryson-dechambeau-may-turn-full-time-youtuber-part-time-professional-golfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598026\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau may turn full-time YouTuber, part-time professional golfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LIV Golf<\/a> may be out of money by the end of the 2026 season, but that isn\u2019t stopping Bryson DeChambeau from asking for a new contract valued at what he believes he\u2019s worth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And, spoiler alert, it\u2019s a tremendous amount of money.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau\u2019s contract with the Saudi-backed league<\/a> is set to expire at the end of the season, and according to The Athletic, the two-time U.S. Open champion is seeking a new deal worth $500 million.<\/p>\n

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\"Captain <\/p>\n

Captain Bryson DeChambeau of Crushers GC reacts after his chip onto the fourth green during the final round of Aramco LIV Golf Singapore on Sunday, March 15, 2026 in Sentosa, Singapore. (Chris Trotman\/LIV Golf)<\/p>\n

His reported ask for half a billion dollars isn\u2019t necessarily shocking given that DeChambeau is the most-popular and undoubtedly most-valuable player on the LIV circuit. He has all the leverage in any negotiations, but there may not be much to negotiate, as last week it was widely reported that the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) is planning to cut off all funding<\/a> to the league.<\/p>\n

LIV is expected to finish its 2026 season as originally scheduled, but beyond that, its future is one giant question mark. The Saudis have been the lone funder of the breakaway circuit, and if they cut off cash flow, the league will be scrambling for new investors, and those investors would not have the luxury of a PIF valued at over $1 trillion to pay the likes of Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, DeChambeau, or other LIV standouts who have made well over $100 million since joining LIV Golf.<\/p>\n

With this version of LIV Golf potentially ceasing to exist, and a potential player path back onto the PGA Tour<\/a> a complete unknown, players could be scrambling to find their footing in the professional golf world for at least a brief period of time.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau doesn\u2019t fall into that camp, however, thanks to YouTube.<\/p>\n

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The 32-year-old\u2019s YouTube channel has more than 2.6 million subscribers, and with dozens of his videos garnering more than 1 million views, it\u2019s not only a legitimate job for DeChambeau, but a cash cow.<\/p>\n

According to The Athletic\u2019s report, DeChambeau has been using his YouTube success as a leverage play in negotiations with LIV, “indicating he\u2019s open to filming content and playing the four major championships.”<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a new development, either. In December 2025, DeChmbeau was candid about LIV Golf\u2019s future and changes he wanted to see implemented, and dropped a significant nugget about his future and YouTube endeavors.<\/p>\n

\"Bryson <\/p>\n

Bryson DeChambeau reacts on the 18th green after the final round of Aramco LIV Golf Singapore on Sunday, March 15, 2026 in Sentosa, Singapore. (Mateo Villalba\/LIV Golf\/AP)<\/p>\n

“It’s where I want to be, but ultimately, it’s got to make sense for everybody,” DeChambeau said of LIV. “Because I could just do YouTube golf and be totally fine as well.”<\/p>\n

No player in the modern era has preached about wanting to grow the game of golf more than DeChambeau, and while he’s had the luxury of earning millions from LIV Golf along the way, he’s consistently grown the game among a younger generation across the globe thanks to his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

\"Bryson <\/p>\n

Bryson DeChambeau of the United States acknowledges the crowd on the 18th green during day two of The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 18, 2025 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. (Christian Petersen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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With that in mind, the YouTube channel being very lucrative, and his current exemptions into golf’s major championships, DeChambeau becoming a full-time YouTuber and part-time professional golfer isn’t all that outlandish. If someone was going to actually go down that career path, it would be DeChambeau.<\/p>\n

With his victory at the 2024 U.S. Open, DeChambeau is exempt into future U.S. Opens through 2034 and is exempt into golf’s other three major championships through 2029.<\/p>\n

Mark Harris is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIV Golf may be out of money by the end of the 2026 season, but that isn\u2019t stopping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,10658,259870,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-598026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-liv-golf","10":"tag-outkick-sports","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598026","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=598026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}