Bryson DeChambeau has become one of the latest golf superstars to turn their backs on the PGA Tour and switch to the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.
Ahead of the second round of the new series at Pumpkin Ridge in Portland from June 30, DeChambeau has joined along with Patrick Reed and Rickie Fowler - and the American is getting well compensated for it. DeChambeau, the 2020 US Open champion and an eight-time career winner on the PGA Tour, insisted the move to LIV Golf was ‘a business decision, first and foremost’ regardless of the threat of being suspended from his former tour.
On Monday, DeChambeau said: “There was a lot of financials to it and a lot of time. I get to have a life outside of the game of golf as well.”
