Bryson DeChambeau hopes LIV Golf can “exist forever” as he looks ahead to the breakaway tour’s future as it prepares to relaunch as LIV 2.0.The American has kept his cards close to his chest about whether he’ll stay with LIV, while other stars, including Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Sergio Garcia, and Ian Poulter, have said they will not continue on the tour.Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund decided to withdraw its financial support from the circuit after the 2026 campaign concludes, with private equity firm BC Partners stepping in as the tour’s new backer.The league filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it prepares to continue with its team-backed model.
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DeChambeau has been the poster boy for LIV and discussed the breakaway tour’s model and how he sees it continuing.”The team golf stuff I was very excited about. I really cared, and I still do care about the team golf stuff,” the American told the Figuring Out podcast with Raj Shamani.”The top co [company] wasn’t really managing that effectively. I know that now. I didn’t know that during the time.”Our teams were doing very well. Our teams generated almost $29m (£21.61m) last year in revenue.LATEST SPORTS NEWSKimi Antonelli wins Formula One World Championship and becomes youngest-ever driver to claim titleArsenal’s Remembrance silence interrupted as fans share outrageBradley Lowery’s mum heartbroken after Coventry fan, 14, uses photo of her late son to taunt crowd”We had $21m (£15.65m) in costs from payment of players and expenses and travel and everything.”So, we made $8m (£5.96m) EBIDTA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) last year.”The teams were doing well. But all of the player payments and everything got pushed down to the teams when they went bankrupt, because the top co. [company] wasn’t being run effectively.”No fault to each other, but we thought there was a lot more capital that was going to be at play from the guys that were funding it.”Question marks still loom over LIV 2.0’s future, but DeChambeau shared a positive outlook on the breakaway tour’s next steps.He said: “The business model makes a lot of sense. We’re actually working through that right now for this new model.”It will make full financial sense. No funny business, no nothing.”It’s going to be done right, and this is going to be a league that exists hopefully forever.”It’s not combative; we’re not trying to compete against the [PGA] Tour; we want to be creative.”We want to bring value to anywhere and everywhere in the golf market across the world.”Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter