Bryson DeChambeau has opened up on the future of LIV Golf amid the recent merger announcement with the PGA Tour following his opening round at the US Open.
DeChambeau showed glimpses of his best on day one at Los Angeles Country Club, after carding a solid three-under-par 67 to leave him five shots behind early leaders Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele. Of course the story on everybody's lips at this week's event is the proposed merger between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV.
The world of golf was rocked on June 6, after Tour commissioner Jay Monahan confirmed all three tours would soon work under one entity after 12 months of civil war.
It remains to be seen what the move means for the breakaway circuit, and whether it will continue to work as normal under the new regime. The players themselves have seemingly been left in the dark will details on the future plans still unclear.
According to DeChambeau though it seems as if not much has changed so far in the day-to-day working of the LIV setup. The 2020 US Open was quizzed on whether it was business as usual for the breakaway circuit and his Crushers GC team.
He responded: "Yeah. Yes to both. We're looking to hire someone here shortly for the GM [general manager] position, and very excited about that. [It is]Very up in the air as to what is going to happen to LIV in the merger."
As well as talking about golf's big debate, DeChambeau was of course keen to talk about his performance on Thursday. Across 2020 and 2021, the American announced himself as one of the hottest players on the planet, but has struggled to replicate this form in recent years.
It seems on the back of some impressive performances at last month's PGA Championship, and a strong start in LA, the Crushers captain is slowly moving back in the right direction. "I feel like I'm very close to getting it because I had it at the PGA for the first two days," he added.
"Then it kind of faltered a little bit. But I was still able to play really good solid golf, score well. Then I didn't have it at [LIV] D.C., over in Trump D.C. there. I just struggled to get back to what I was doing at the PGA [Championship] for some odd reason. I have no idea what. So we're trying to figure out what that is, whether that's forces -- I know it's stability in the hands.
"Like I don't get that stability. Like on 9 I pulled it and like, whoa, didn't feel like I did that. So working through why when I apply a certain amount of force, a lot of force, it just sometimes feels different through impact and trying to hone that in.
Ever the confident golfer, DeChambeau believes if he can replicate this form throughout the rest of the week, he will find himself at the right end of the leaderboard come close of play Sunday. "If I have what I had at the PGA I'll be contending for sure," he added.
