Maybe the move is going tour-less.
Bryson DeChambeau has always marched to the beat of his own drum and he appears willing to do so amid the discussions around the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and which of the two may be best for him. It turns out the answer might be neither!
FOS’ David Rumsey shared a post where Bryson noted that after 2026, his final season on his current LIV Golf contract, he may just play on YouTube in terms of the day-to-day things (so to speak) and in major championships. This is an idea that many have floated in conversations about Bryson online, but it appears to be an option he is seriously considering or at least is seriously willing to consider.
Bryson carries a number of exemptions into the majors and if he continues to play well in them he could ride that for however long he chooses. Playing specifically on YouTube over the PGA Tour or LIV Golf is a path that nobody of Bryson’s stature has fully pursued, but it would allow him in theory to do a number of things that he both already is and surely wants to.
Obviously this discussion is reaching different points following Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour, but the conversation is likely not going anywhere. Bryson is going to be in the final year of his deal until he isn’t and that gives him a lot of leverage, however he chooses to wield it.
If there is one major (no pun intended) takeaway here it may be the latest point of confirmation that some professional golfers, without reading too much into Bryson’s words here, don’t see the same value in non-majors as they do the actual major championships. That makes sense and is something that has sort of been obvious for a long time, but it does make you wonder how non-major events can sustain themselves when players of Bryson’s caliber are potentially going to forfeit the opportunity to contend in them.
