Bryson DeChambeau weighs potential of playing golf on YouTube full time if LIV Golf folds

Koepka's terms, which included no playing suspension, loss of future earnings via the PGA Tour equity program and a $5 million donation to a charity, may not be the terms DeChambeau and company will be met with if another pathway is to open up.

DeChambeau described the tour's potential punishment for him as "quite unfortunate in my opinion, considering what I could do for them." The American was among 11 players to sue the PGA Tour in 2022 before withdrawing the suit roughly a year later.

As such, he believes the PGA Tour and LIV Golf need to work together to bring the professional golf world back together.

"The egos need to get dropped," DeChambeau said. "Everybody needs to come in with a level-headed playing field, with an opportunistic mindset to grow the game of golf. That's why I came over here. That's why I do what I do on YouTube."

The Crushers headman still believes LIV Golf has an economic path forward. At last year's U.S. Open, he noted that his team was EBITDA positive, and despite the PIF pulling its funding, he noted enough LIV Golf teams are now making a profit.

"If we have a great business model and they're very interested in combining forces, that's the Kumbaya moment, right?" DeChambeau said. "So, it's our job to come up with a better business plan on the [top company] side. The team franchises, there's enough making profit now to where we could sell them for close to $200 million, and that's not talking about my team either.

"I think it requires a little bit of everybody kind of just lowering their guards and all coming together and going, 'OK, what's best for the game of golf?'"

LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil provided an update on the league Tuesday at LIV Golf Virginia in a press conference that was filled with more words than substance. The league has brought in two new advisers on the board of directors and a new investment bank to aid in securing long-term capital.

"There's a few different models," DeChambeau said. "Look, the [PGA Tour] isn't doing great either. Let's be honest about the situation. They've got the media. They've got everybody on the side that helps pump it up. But they're reducing field sizes, cutting employees and restructuring their business too."