DeChambeau trying – Bryson DeChambeau may be trying to find his way back to the PGA Tour, as LIV’s financial uncertainty deepens. Brandel Chamblee said DeChambeau’s game dip could be tied to the tour’s instability after Saudi funding is set to be pulled and questions linger over
Bryson DeChambeau’s season has looked like a question mark—frustration on the greens, missed cuts in the sport’s biggest rooms, and a growing sense that the ground beneath LIV is shifting.
Two-time US Open winner DeChambeau could now be angling for a return to the PGA Tour. according to Golf Channel analyst and former PGA pro Brandel Chamblee. Chamblee. who is one of LIV’s harshest critics. said DeChambeau appears to be trying to come back “at least that’s what we’re hearing through the grapevine.”.
Chamblee pointed to what he described as LIV being “in flux,” and said the turmoil has seemed to affect players’ performances. “The distraction of LIV being in flux… he’s trying to figure out a way to come back to the PGA Tour,” Chamblee said.
He connected the broader instability to what DeChambeau has looked like this year. Chamblee argued that when players were deciding whether to join LIV. they could see games “inexplicably fall off. ” and he suggested that DeChambeau’s current form might be tied to being caught in that kind of uncertainty. “Maybe that is the large point of what’s going on with Bryson this year. ” Chamblee said. describing him as “completely in a state of flux.”.
The stakes behind those comments are clearer when LIV’s funding timeline comes into focus. DeChambeau joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf in 2022, but the tour has faced financial strain of late. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is officially pulling their funding after this season. and the situation could be more urgent than even that. This week. CEO Scott O’Neil would not confirm whether the final four events of the LIV Golf 2026 calendar will be played.
The contrast in DeChambeau’s year has been sharp. He missed the cut at both the Masters and the PGA Championship and looked frustrated with his performances. On LIV, though, he’s had moments of dominance: he has won two tournaments and nearly won another in South Korea last week.
Those mixed results are now feeding into the next spotlight—one that doesn’t involve a different tour schedule, but a different audience. DeChambeau will be back in the major spotlight next week at Shinnecock, when the US Open comes to the eastern end of Long Island.
What Chamblee laid out is a tight chain of cause and consequence built from the facts in front of him: LIV’s unstable financial situation. DeChambeau’s described “state of flux. ” and a season where major cuts have been hard while LIV wins have still come. In the middle of that. the biggest turning point may not be a single swing—it may be what happens next year. and whether DeChambeau believes there’s a safe path back to the PGA Tour.
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