{"id":435204,"date":"2025-06-12T01:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T01:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=435204"},"modified":"2025-06-12T01:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T01:59:50","slug":"bryson-dechambeau-confirms-liv-golf-contract-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/bryson-dechambeau-confirms-liv-golf-contract-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau Confirms LIV Golf Contract Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, Bryson DeChambeau was one of the many rumored golfers who would leave LIV Golf in the near future.\u00a0 DeChambeau, of course, denied the rumors, and this week he confirmed that they were false in an interview at the Oakmont Country Club.\u00a0 He did this by confirming that he was in talks with the higher-ups at LIV Golf about renewing a contract.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The DeChameau Rumors Can Be Put To Rest<\/span><\/h2>\n

Bryson DeChambeau was one of the LIV Golf players who often appeared on a list of an exodus<\/a> at the start of the 2025 season.\u00a0 His name appeared so frequently that he felt the need to address the rumors at one point.\u00a0 Denying the rumors never seemed to be enough because they kept popping up.\u00a0 However, with DeChambeau revealing that he is looking forward to the negotiations for a new contract, it is safe to say that he won\u2019t be part of an exodus.<\/span><\/p>\n

LIV Golf Sees Value In DeChambeau<\/span><\/h2>\n

Currently, Bryson DeChambeau is one of the best players on LIV Golf.\u00a0 He is also the current US Open champion and is returning to Oakmont to defend his title.\u00a0 Losing DeChambeau would be a massive misstep for LIV Golf, and he is well aware of that.\u00a0 DeChambeau is also positive on contract renegotiation, as he revealed at the Oakmont interview.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNext year is when it ends,\u201d DeChambeau said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking to negotiate end of this year, and I\u2019m very excited. They see the value in me. I see the value in what they can provide, and I believe we\u2019ll come to some sort of resolution on that. Super excited for the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With what he is saying, leaving LIV Golf is not really on the table for DeChambeau.<\/span><\/p>\n

LIV Golf Rolling Back<\/span><\/h2>\n

It has long been rumored that when DeChambeau initially joined LIV Golf, he got a sign-on bonus of around $100 million.\u00a0 It is doubtful that he will get paid anything close to that with the new contract.\u00a0 LIV has long struggled financially and has been relying heavily on funds from the PIF and not its own profits.\u00a0 A huge reason why the league’s budget has ballooned to nearly five billion<\/a>.\u00a0 The PIF wants the budget to be reined in<\/a>.\u00a0 It has also set a number of obligations that should put the league on track.\u00a0 DeChambeau may go into negotiations hoping for a generous payout, but he may have to leave some wiggle room for a smaller package.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Does This Mean For DeChambeau?<\/span><\/h2>\n

In the long run, this means that DeChambeau will stick with LIV.\u00a0 He won\u2019t be turning to another league at any point soon.\u00a0 He is a very valuable asset for LIV, and he sees value in LIV.\u00a0 If all goes well, DeChambeau will continue living his best life with LIV Golf.\u00a0 He still plays in the majors, so he has plenty of opportunities to play against his old PGA colleagues.\u00a0 Something that he will be doing again this week during the US Open, where he will go in to defend his title as the major\u2019s champion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main Photo Credit:\u00a0 \u00a9 Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, Bryson DeChambeau was one of the many rumored golfers who would leave LIV Golf in the near future.\u00a0 DeChambeau, of course, denied the rumors, and this week he confirmed that they were false in an interview at the Oakmont Country Club.\u00a0 He did this by confirming that he was in talks with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5429,"featured_media":435206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,246,200],"tags":[121,71],"class_list":["post-435204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-golf-news","category-liv-golf","tag-bryson-dechambeau","tag-us-open"],"modified_by":"Taylor Craig","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435204"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435209,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435204\/revisions\/435209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}