2026 season<\/a>. \u201cHopefully, I\u2019m back next year. I\u2019m excited for the potential of LIV.<\/p>\n\u201cIt just has to make sense for both sides, and we\u2019ll move forward in a cool direction if that\u2019s the case. I certainly don\u2019t want to let [my Crushers GC teammates] down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Does DeChambeau see himself as a LIV player beyond 2026?<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no idea what\u2019s going to happen in a year,\u201d he said, \u201cbut what I can tell you is that we\u2019ll do everything possible to make it make sense for both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n
In order to return, Koepka will pay a $5 million fine and he will not be allowed to earn any FedEx Cup bonus money or to accept sponsor invites to Signature Events this year. He is also unable to access the equity in the new PGA Tour Enterprises for five years, a move that the Tour estimate will cost the five-time major champion at least $50 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was surprised,\u201d DeChambeau said of Koepka\u2019s exit. \u201cI didn\u2019t know he\u2019d be willing to give that much back. That\u2019s everybody\u2019s prerogative.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody has their own wants and needs. Ultimately, for me, I see a tremendous value in Charles [Howell], Paul [Casey], and [Lahiri], and what we\u2019re doing across the globe. I\u2019m excited.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though things can always be better, they can always be worse, too. So we\u2019re very lucky to be here. We\u2019re very fortunate to have these opportunities to play the golf at this level around the world. Time will tell. I can\u2019t future-predict anything. It\u2019s really dependent on other people\u2019s decisions at this point.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether I\u2019m here or not next year, I\u2019m excited for this year, playing and competing with some of the best players in the world, competing in the majors, and then giving it my all every single week I tee it up, no matter where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shortly after DeChambeau spoke to TG, Rahm and Smith weighed in with their views at a captain\u2019s press conference. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not planning on going anywhere,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cI wish Brooks the best and as far as I\u2019m concerned I\u2019m focussed on my team and the league this year, and hopefully we can repeat as champions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith added: \u201cI am here to stay, I am here to support LIV. I am captain of a great team and a great group of people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am happy where I am, proud of where I am. I can\u2019t wait for this league to keep growing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With an open offer on the table to return to the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and YouTube star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-694747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115891899206801770","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}