DeChambeau withdraws from LIV tournament after | Golf News

Bryson DeChambeau withdrew from LIV Golf Mexico in the latest blow to the Saudi Arabia-backed breakaway league. Making his first look since lacking the cut at the Masters, DeChambeau voiced sharp criticism over the course situations at LIV Golf Mexico City.

His withdrawal caps a turbulent week for LIV Golf, amid growing studies that the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund is poised to pull its financial backing after 2026. The two-time U.S. Open champion arrived at the Mexico City event under a cloud of uncertainty surrounding the league’s future funding, and issues over both course situations and an obvious injury in the end led to his exit from the tournament.

“I experienced some discomfort in my wrist during yesterday’s round and have decided to withdraw from the final round of LIV Golf Mexico City to prevent further injury,” DeChambeau wrote on X. “Not how I wanted this week to go, but wishing the Crushers a strong finish. I’m going to take a few days to get evaluated and hope to be ready for LIV Golf Virginia.” It got here after Tiger Woods confirmed true emotions on the Masters during rehab treatment.

DeChambeau arrives at this juncture recent off a missed cut at the Masters, though he pushed Rory McIlroy to the wire during last 12 months’s remaining spherical.

As scrutiny over the league that shook up the golf world intensifies, DeChambeau also took intention at the course itself — a league that prides itself on staging distinctive occasions at global venues — after a wayward shot from an uneven patch of turf compounded his frustrations. “You got destroyed grass,” DeChambeau remarked. “Oh, this is rough? Definitely. Good to see.”

His remarks observe Scott O’Neil stating that the tour will operate usually but may lack PIF funding by season’s end.

“The reality is you’re funded through the season and then you work like crazy to create a business plan to keep us going,” O’Neil said. “But that’s not different from any other private equity-funded business in the history of mankind.”

O’Neil added: “You can bet that you’ll more likely have more international players and bet on young talent,” O’Neil said, discussing the Tour’s enlargement. “I like young, and then we’ll have a little more experienced guys that represent the country that we’re playing.”

Meanwhile, other gamers, including Jon Rahm, have been saved in the darkish but stay unconcerned about the tour’s prospects.

“Until the people in charge told me whether or not the rumors were true, there was no point in dwelling on it or wasting time thinking about it,” Rahm said. “We were here, we knew we were going to play, so the idea was to prepare for a tournament. That’s all.

“Since every little thing occurred so instantly and shortly, I wasn’t too apprehensive about it because we normally know one thing before the rumors even start. There’s always somebody in the league who is aware of one thing. It was so fast that I wasn’t actually apprehensive about it.”