The days of LIV Golf may be numbered — but Bryson DeChambeau is going down swinging.
News broke in late April that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund would be pulling its funding for the rebel league at the end of this season, while Bloomberg later reported that the tour has begun potential bankruptcy plans.
However, DeChambeau is still contracted to LIV for the time being and is “giving as much as I can” despite the uncertainty around the league.
“I think people love to say something and you have to respect that. I think everybody’s opinion is valid,” he began ahead of the tour’s event in South Korea, according to Sports Illustrated.
“All I can do is continue to be the best every single day that I can, whether I win tournaments out here, I win majors, or don’t win majors or finish dead last out here. It doesn’t matter to me, as long as I’m working as hard as I can and giving as much as I can, that’s all that really matters.”
The American reiterated that he was surprised to see the PIF — which reportedly has poured nearly $6 billion into the project — decide to drop its funding from the tour.
However, LIV is trying to raise capital from other investors and DeChambeau expressed hope that the tour’s team format could still be viable.
“We all have optimism that there is a business plan that makes sense for team golf,” he said.
“I’d quite honestly actually — how do I say it? I’m very optimistic with the business plan of team golf compared to other models, in my opinion.”
“Other models have worked, as well, so I’m not going to say that one is better than the other,” he continued. “But I do see value in what team golf can provide not only worldwide, but also in grass-rooting the game of golf.”
DeChambeau was one of several star golfers to leave the PGA Tour for LIV, doing so in 2022, and he’s become one of the names most associated with the league.
The two-time US Open champion boasts over 2.6 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, and suggested previously he could shift his focus to growing his online presence if and when LIV shutters for good.
“I would love to. I’d love to do a bunch of dubbing in different languages, giving the world more reason to watch YouTube,” he told reporters ahead of a tournament at Trump National Golf Club, per ESPN.
After missing the cut at both the Masters and PGA Championship this season, DeChambeau will hope to turn things around in Busan, South Korea this weekend.
