Bryson DeChambeau, fresh off his Crushers team's victory at the LIV Golf New York event, shared his positive outlook on the league's reported new investor. Speaking after the tournament at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, DeChambeau addressed the impending involvement of BC Partners, expected to provide funding as the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) steps back.
"Look, I love GSE," DeChambeau said, referring to his management company. "They’ve been with me my entire career. I think they’ve been fantastic in what they’ve done for me, so all positive things to say about GSE."
While DeChambeau noted he is not privy to the specific details of negotiations between the LIV investor and GSE, he conveyed confidence in the new entity's direction. "What I can tell you is that the investor, from the conversations I’ve had, has a new and fresh vision on this product. It won’t be changing too much, but it’ll be changing in the right ways."
He believes the investor sees the league's potential and is enthusiastic about its future. "He sees the vision. He wants to pursue it even more than what we’ve previously done, and he’s excited, from what I can tell. I think, again, if we’re able to get the players all aligned, which I feel like it’ll happen in some capacity, I think it’ll happen, this is going to be a product that will be a force for good in the game, in the ecosystem."
DeChambeau also commented on the unexpected appearance of Yasir al-Rumayyan, governor of the Saudi PIF, at the final round. "We all found out [Saturday] night that he was going to be out here," DeChambeau said. "I think he needed to have some conversations with the president [Donald Trump]. That was a whole other thing. I’m not going to get involved with that."
He acknowledged al-Rumayyan's past support for golf, stating, "I know that he’s supported golf for a long, long time, and as this transitions over hopefully into the new investor’s hands and into the players’ hands, and that’s what it’s going to be, in the players’ hands, we really have an opportunity to align a lot of the global incentives to be a force for good for the game."
"But it was great to see him out here. I think he’s done wonders for us and the global game of golf. How it moves forward, I think there’s a great place for the PIF and where they want to be moving forward. Where that is, I’m not exactly sure."
In other tour news, LIV Golf's TV host, Craig Doyle, confirmed on air that the team championship event scheduled for August 27-30 in Michigan will not proceed. The final event of the 2026 LIV Golf season is now expected to be the Indianapolis tournament from August 20-23. The Michigan event had a reported prize pool of $40 million. LIV had previously canceled its New Orleans tournament earlier in the year.