Bryson DeChambeau, a man whose relationship with physics and golf has always been… let's call it "creative," has finally sorted out his life. For months, the golf gossip mill churned with rumors of him waltzing back to the PGA Tour, a prospect as exciting as watching paint dry if you're not into that sort of thing. But nope. Our man Bryson, bless his unconventional heart, has apparently chosen the road less traveled, or perhaps more accurately, the road paved with very, very shiny Saudi money.
Ten Golf, those eagle-eyed reporters, tell us Bryson is sticking with the ever-morphing creature known as LIV Golf. This shouldn't shock anyone who's been paying attention. He's done pretty well out there since 2022, even snagged a major. That's enough to make a statue weep, probably. Though, looking at his recent major performances, it's more like watching Sisyphus push his boulder, only this boulder is covered in sponsorship logos and probably has a really nice beverage holder.
I bet the PGA Tour suits are scrambling, like a playwright who just found out his star actor is allergic to the script. Meanwhile, LIV pals like Cam Smith and Dustin Johnson are reportedly all-in on this "LIV 2.0" thing too. The money's still good, apparently. We're talking $7-9 million purses, which might not be Scrooge McDuck levels of gold, but it’s enough to keep the wolves from the door and the private jets fueled.
So, here's the grand plan: ten four-player teams, plus an "Open Format" that’ll cram in another fifty players. The bottom thirty from each of those 90-man fields? Yeah, they’re getting the boot. The fallout is already starting, with European players apparently having a bit of a beef with the DP World Tour over fines and bans. This could lead to a mass exodus. And Jon Rahm? He’s rumored to be charting his own peculiar course, far from this whole shebang. It’s shaping up to be a proper soap opera, all played out on the fairways and in the boardrooms.