BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau called his move to the LIV Golf series “a business decision,” and a difficult one at that.
The 2020 U.S. Open champion, who as recently as 10 days ago had said he was sticking with the PGA Tour, offered his first comments about his change of heart Monday after a practice round at The County Club.
“At the end of the day, it’s a business decision for my family’s future,” he said. “And it gave me a lot more free time.”
The big-hitting 28-year-old, who has been hampered by a hand injury for most of this year, says the money he’ll get for playing the series will also help him build his charitable foundation. DeChambeau is unmarried and has no children.
Much as Phil Mickelson had in a news conference earlier in the day, DeChambeau didn’t want to delve into the politics of where the money is coming from — the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia — or how the PGA Tour will react to his decision. Like Mickelson, DeChambeau has not surrendered his tour card.
“It’s not my decision to make,” he said about his future on the PGA Tour, where he has $26.3 million in career earnings and eight of his 10 worldwide victories.
DeChambeau is scheduled to make his LIV series debut next month in Portland, Oregon. He said the decision to play on the Saudi-backed tour was one that he did not take lightly.
“Very difficult,” he said. “It’s been weighing on everyone out here for the last couple of years.”
LOCAL FAVORITE
Growing up 15 minutes away from The Country Club, Michael Thorbjornsen knows plenty about the course and its history.
Most of it from the movies.
A resident of nearby Wellesley, Thorbjornsen has seen “The Greatest Game Ever Played” eight times but only once played the course where the film about Francis Ouimet’s 1913 U.S. Open victory took place.
“I mean, Tom Brady tried to become a member here. I think it took him a long time,” Thorbjornsen said Monday after a practice round for the U.S. Open….
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