Bryson DeChambeau has wild idea that's 'best for golf' amid LIV speculation

Bryson DeChambeau has outlined an ambitious plan that could see him bag the best of both worlds for his golfing career.

The golfer has been suspended from the PGA Tour since he joined LIV four years ago, in 2022. His commitments to LIV Golf remain a firm priority, but DeChambeau isn’t willing to depart entirely from the PGA.

His LIV contract expires at the end of this season, which has prompted speculation from fans as to whether the 32-year-old will opt to continue, or perhaps even move past golf into content creation.

LIV Golf’s future was reportedly hanging in the balance until an unnamed investor stepped in on Tuesday to allay any concerns that the league would fold.

DeChambeau was offered the possibility of leaving LIV behind to rejoin the PGA, but has rejected the proposal and committed to the struggling league in recent years.

Now, with LIV appearing to have survived a major financial scare, the 32-year-old has launched a wild, desperate plea that he believes could be best for the sport as a whole.

Bryson DeChambeau launches wild, desperate plea as LIV golfer appeals to PGA

In an interview with the New York Post, the sportsman said: “My ultimate goal is to have golf course stadiums, similar to the PGA Tour’s TPC Sawgrass model, with our teams having their own golf course as a stadium.

“Personally, I’d love to be able to play events on the PGA Tour, too. I think that’s best for golf. I’d love that. It’s not an either/or mentality. It’s ‘can we do both?’ I think that’s where everybody wants to be.

“There isn’t a golf fan on the planet who doesn’t want to see me play a big Tour event, and I get that. I’d love to go play events that make sense, [I’d] love to play team golf and wherever they’ll let me.”

While DeChambeau’s idea was seemingly motivated by, at least in part, what he believes the golfing world wants to see happen in their sport, the PGA Tour were fast in shutting down talks of a merger.

Brian Rolapp, the Tour’s boss, stated plainly: “There’s no merger, no conversations. We’ve been really concentrating on the PGA Tour.”

DeChambeau’s words fall in line with those of many top players who left the PGA to play on the semi-struggling, once Saudi-backed golf circuit.

Two-time major winner Jon Rahm joined DeChambeau as the most prolific golfer to make the switch, with many professionals opting into multi-million dollar contracts in exchange for playing LIV Golf.

The unnamed investor who swooped in to save the circuit at its lowest did so after news that the Saudi PIF would stop funding the league.

DeChambeau boasts millions of subscribers on YouTube and revealed in early May that a primary goal of his is to build a larger audience on that platform, fuelling retirement rumours.

In his interview with the NYP, the 32-year-old, one of golf's most affluent athletes, also assured fans that he is '100%' certain of LIV's future.