Bryson DeChambeau has readily admitted his decision to sign up to the LIV Golf series was financially driven.
The former US Open champion became the latest high-profile rebel from the PGA Tour last week, with him set to make his LIV Golf debut in Portland at the end of the month.
And the 28-year-old said: “There were a lot of financials to it and a lot of time. I get to have a life outside of the game of golf. It’s a business decision for my family’s future.
“That’s all there was to it. It’s given me a lot more opportunities outside the game of golf and given me more time with my family and my future family. So, for me that was the decision.”
DeChambeau is believed to be pocketing in excess of £82million to play in the remaining seven events on the inaugural calendar.
It marked a U-turn from the eight-time PGA Tour winner, who previously said he could not risk signing up to LIV with the threat of bans from the PGA Tour.
Tour commissioner Jay Monahan suspended the initial 17 rebels within LIV Golf and said any players signing up in the future, including DeChambeau, would face the same sanction.
The likes of Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia had previously resigned their membership of the PGA Tour but DeChambeau said he did not plan to follow suit.
The American, who is in the field for this week’s US Open and is not planning to follow suit by resigning, said of the suspensions: “It’s not my decision to make. That’s someone else’s decision that’s making that for me.”
