{"id":524938,"date":"2026-01-18T10:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/524938\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:40:21","slug":"bryson-dechambeaus-wild-500-million-liv-golf-demand-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/524938\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau&#8217;s wild $500 million LIV Golf demand revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LIV Golf is in a precarious spot after Brooks Koepka left for the PGA Tour, and now its biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/golf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">golfer<\/a> is making huge demands as his contract expires in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Bryson DeChambeau has become the face of LIV after becoming a success winner and a massive star on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/pga-tour-give-major-ultimatum-liv-stars-reinstating-brooks-koepka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PGA Tour gives major ultimatum to LIV Golf stars after reinstating Brooks Koepka<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, the American star is reportedly asking for huge money to stay on the Saudi-backed tour beyond this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VmnGCGFJfo\">The Guardian has indicated<\/a> that Bryson DeChambeau is seeking at least $500 million over a four-year period, which would make him one of the highest-paid athletes in the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bryson DeChambeau is reportedly seeking an amount of at least $USD500,000,000 to remain with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVGolf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LIVGolf<\/a> for another 4 years beyond his current contract expiring at the end of this year.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VmnGCGFJfo\">https:\/\/t.co\/VmnGCGFJfo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To put that number in perspective, once accounting for the prize money\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K1z3tSLUW8\">pic.twitter.com\/K1z3tSLUW8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Bieleski (@deepdivegolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deepdivegolf\/status\/2012015604556054838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/personalities\/athletes\/2026\/worlds-highest-paid-athletes-cristiano-ronaldo-1234880803\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sportico recently dropped<\/a> its top 100 highest-paid athletes in 2025 and several golfers made that list. However, DeChambeau\u2019s new request would vault him into the top 5 conversation amongst the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Bryson DeChambeau has certainly evolved his persona as a major internet sensation since joining LIV. His YouTube channel has grown exponentially in just a few years and that fact alone should be troubling for the Saudi-backed organization.<\/p>\n<p>While the American indicated recently that he will play out his LIV contract, he opened the door for actually doing YouTube challenges and creating videos full-time while still playing at major tournaments on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, DeChambeau won his second U.S. Open title and has had back-to-back second place finishes at the PGA Championship since joining LIV. Many golf fans speculate his decision could make or break LIV\u2019s future plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories on The Big Lead <\/strong><\/a><strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/ranking-the-remaining-nfl-playoff-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ranking the remaining NFL playoff teams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CFB: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/college-football-national-championship-game-dishes-epic-food-items-fans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>College football national championship game dishes up epic food items for fans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MLB: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/kyle-tucker-ends-free-agency-suspense-signs-240-million-contract-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kyle Tucker ends free agency suspense, signs $240 million contract<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/anthony-black-claims-early-nba-dunk-of-the-year-honor-posterizing-grizzlies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anthony Black claims early NBA \u2018Dunk of the Year\u2019 honor after posterizing Grizzlies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SPORTS MEDIA: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/cbs-sports-star-kate-scott-major-ufc-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CBS Sports star Kate Scott lands major UFC role<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIRAL: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/victor-wembanyama-keldon-johnson-drastic-hairstyle-change-spurs-lost-okc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Victor Wembanyama, Keldon Johnson made drastic hairstyle change after Spurs lost to OKC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIV Golf is in a precarious spot after Brooks Koepka left for the PGA Tour, and now its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":524939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[10125,1430,19413,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-524938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-bryson-dechambeau","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-liv-golf","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115915680849195786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}