How PGA Tour players and executives feel about Bryson DeChambeau returning with difference of opinion forming

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“Bryson DeChambeau’s own words are, and one of the lines in the sand that he’s drawing is he comes back to the PGA Tour only if ‘they’, players, ‘want me back’. The answer to that, don’t ask a question you don’t want an answer to, is essentially going to be the lead to my story. Because trust me, no-one really wants you back,” he said.

“You had the lawsuit, you had a lot to say about the PGA Tour over the years. Yeah, there’s a lot of people in Ponte Vedra Beach who have big offices that love the idea that Bryson would come back to the PGA Tour. I think him returning would make a better product. However, none of the players have an interest in him coming back.”

Why leaving LIV Golf would be so difficult for Bryson DeChambeau

DeChambeau has done a fantastic job of changing his image over the last five years, with his time on LIV Golf playing an important role in that transformation.

He has become one of the most popular players in the current game. However, the fact remains that LIV is facing an incredibly uncertain future despite having the likes of Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm in their ranks.

They have not managed to tip the balance of power in LIV’s direction. And while he will not view joining LIV as a mistake, whatever happens next, DeChambeau would be accepting a defeat should he walk away in the coming months.

He has invested so much in LIV since jumping from the PGA Tour in 2022, so it would be no surprise if he felt compelled to give the league every opportunity to get back on track.

The fact that he would not be loved in the same way back on the PGA Tour will surely also come into his thinking.