Brandel Chamblee said Bryson DeChambeau is trying to figure out a way back to the PGA Tour, putting a fresh spotlight on a player whose season has already been marked by missed cuts at the Masters and the PGA Championship.
Chamblee made the comments Wednesday, saying that is what he is hearing “through the grapevine,” and added that the uncertainty around LIV Golf is hurting a lot of players’ games. DeChambeau, a two-time U.S. Open winner who joined Saudi-backed LIV Golf in 2022, is now heading into next week’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock on the eastern end of Long Island, where the question around him is no longer just form, but future.
The timing matters because DeChambeau has not looked fully settled in the biggest events. He missed the cut at both the Masters and the PGA Championship, even after winning two tournaments on the LIV tour and nearly winning another in South Korea last week. That mix of flashes and setbacks is what gave Chamblee’s remarks their edge: a player who has still produced results, but not at the level expected from someone of DeChambeau’s profile.
Chamblee went further, saying the distraction of LIV being in flux has hurt many players and that before golfers chose the breakaway circuit, “we saw a number of games just inexplicably fall off.” He said DeChambeau appears to be in a state of flux himself, and that the investment he made in LIV now looks uncertain as the circuit faces financial strain. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is officially pulling its funding after this season, and LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil would not confirm whether the final four events of the 2026 calendar will go ahead.
For DeChambeau, the next answer will not come from a comment in the media but from the scorecard at Shinnecock next week. If there is a route back to the PGA Tour, it is still unclear whether one exists, and the U.S. Open is the stage where he can either quiet the speculation or add to it.
