Bryson DeChambeau makes PGA Tour-LIV prediction

In a professional golf world where uncertainty reigns, Bryson DeChambeau has spoken with both certainty and optimism about what the future holds. 

The elite male game is at a crossroads as the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour attempt to finalise a deal with the Saudi Public Investment Fund funding LIV Golf.

In the meantime, the third season of the LIV circuit begins next week, with plenty of more unanswered questions surrounding the roster ahead of the opener in Mayakoba.

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But DeChambeau, who won two LIV events last year, is convinced about one thing: a merger between the sport’s previously warring factions is imminent.

“I think the deal is going to come quicker than you think,” DeChambeau said.

“It might not be the next couple of weeks. Maybe a month or so. But it’s going to happen. There’s no way around it now. This is about the good of the game for the fans. The health of the game for the fans.

“As time goes on, we’re starting to see these fans are hungry for us all to come back together. I can’t wait for that day to happen.”

It is unclear what a new unified golf landscape would look like, but DeChambeau outlined his own thoughts about LIV can co-exist with the PGA Tour in an interview on the Rick Shiels Golf Show last month.

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“What I could see is LIV integrating into the Signature Series on the PGA Tour in some capacity and having two championships in one, where you have the individual component in the Signature Series, and you have the team side of it,” he explained.

“You have the teams you’re playing for, so no matter what on that final day that guy that’s playing really bad still matters, it’s still a big deal on the team championship aspect of the tournament.

“Then you guys have the individual side that’s still competing for that individual title the way it is currently.”

Ben Parsons joined bunkered as a Content Producer in 2023 and is the man to come to for all of the latest news, across both the professional and amateur games. Formerly of The Mirror and Press Association, he is a member at Halifax Golf Club and is a long-suffering fan of both Manchester United and the Wales rugby team.