Many LIV Golfers are currently juggling between their contract with the PIF-backed league and the PGA Tour’s new Returning Member Program after Brooks Koepka‘s reinstatement. However, it seems like Bryson DeChambeau has a completely viable third option in mind. 

“That’s an incredibly viable option, I’ll tell you that,” Crushers GC captain told Front Office Sports’ David Rumsey on Wednesday at LIV’s Teams Week preseason event about playing only in Majors and doing content on YouTube. “During the course record series and playing Break 50, it does keep me quite dialed in for tournament golf. That’s why I do it right before competition.”

DeChambeau posts content on his YouTube during the season and the off-season. However, most of his videos are shot at venues where he’s scheduled to play events. A great example would be his ‘The World’s Hardest Golf Course: Oakmont Country Club’ video that was posted days before the 2025 U.S. Open. This allows him to not only shoot the content but also to get a fair assessment of the course.

With 2.5 million subscribers and over 500 million views, he has one of the most successful golf content channels in the world. Considering his popularity, he also gets quite a lot of sponsorship deals through that.

DeChambeau continued, “It’s a possibility. Financial opportunities are there. Excited to see what comes into the future.”

However, these are decisions he can make once his 2026 contract with the LIV Golf is up. Until then, he already has some targets to achieve this season.

For this year, DeChambeau is prioritizing winning every week on LIV and contending at the four majors to “hopefully complete the career Grand Slam.” The Californian has won the U.S. Open twice. However, the Masters, PGA Championship, and Open Championship still elude him. He’s exempt into all of those through at least 2028.

But DeChambeau accepting that YouTube golf is a realistic career won’t bode well for either of the leagues. However, the PGA Tour will take a bigger hit, which recently opened the doors for him.

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How can Bryson DeChambeau return to the PGA Tour?

Through its new Returning Member Program, the PGA Tour will allow the LIV Golfers back into its circuit on some conditions. The biggest one of those would be a hit of $50 million to $85 million worth of losses in potential earnings as they will have to give up five years of participation in the Tour’s Player Equity Program.

Returning players will be eligible for the Presidents Cup and TGL, but they will be ineligible for this year’s $100 million FedEx Cup bonus program.

Only players who have won the Players Championship, Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, or the Open Championship from 2022 to 2025 will qualify for the new program, and they have only a few weeks to apply by a February 2 deadline.

Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith are the other two players who are also eligible apart from DeChambeau and Koepka, who has already accepted the consequences. Smith has two years on his contract but he has asserted that he wishes to stay put.  He won the Open Championship and Players Championship in 2022, which makes him eligible for the PGA Tour’s Returning Member Program.

“Once the door closes, there is no promise that this path will be available again,” Brian Rolapp said.

However, that might not be an option the 32-year-old is even considering, as he has another piece of bad news for Brian Rolapp & Co.

More bad news for the PGA Tour than LIV Golf from Bryson DeChambeau

The LIV Golfer’s contract will be up at the end of the 2026 season. However, he has confirmed that the talks are already in progress and they are trying to find a middle ground. For him, the asking price is at least $1 Billion. If LIV doesn’t agree with that, though, they might lose another big name from their circuit.

“We are negotiating now. Hopefully, we can come to a solution where it makes sense in the longterm. If not, we will see what happens.”

With Koepka gone, Scott O’Neil will be walking on thin ice when it comes to dealing with the Crushers GC captain. They can’t afford to let him go at this point, considering his popularity in the community and his influence on YouTube. It’s a critical time for LIV Golf right now, and the PGA Tour headquarters will be paying close attention to the situation.