Bryson DeChambeau left the PGA Tour in June 2022 for a contract with LIV Golf worth at least $125 million, paid for with Saudi Arabian money.
Late Tuesday, June 6, in an interview with CNN and hours after the announcement that the PGA Tour, LIV and the DP World Tour were joining forces, DeChambeau defended the decision to use that same Saudi money to pay for the venture.
“There’s a lot more behind closed doors that’s been going on. What I can tell you is that H-E Yasir has always been a staunch supporter of golf globally, and wanting to grow the game,” DeChambeau said, referring to “His Excellency” Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Saudi Public Improvement Fund. Al-Rumayyan was named chairman of the new golf entity….