Bryson DeChambeau withdraws from LIV Golf event as statement released | Golf | Sport
Bryson DeChambeau has withdrawn from the final round of LIV Golf’s event in Mexico City. The two-time major winner has revealed he is dealing with an injury and has made the decision to ensure he does not do any further damage.
The 32-year-old plans to be back in time for when LIV’s tour heads to Virginia. LIV Golf returns to Trump National on May 7.
In a short statement on social media, DeChambeau said: “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. 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.”
The event in Mexico City has already proven frustrating for DeChambeau too. In a round earlier in the week he complained about the state of the rough on the course at Club de Golf Chapultepec.
Regardless of LIV’s future, DeChambeau’s could yet lie elsewhere. Earlier this year, the 2020 and 2024 US Open champion did not appear convinced by LIV’s decision to move from 54 holes to 72 holes.
He told Today’s Golfer: “We didn’t sign up to play for 72. It’s definitely changed away from what we had initially been told it was going to be.
“So there is some movement that we’ve all been, I would say, interested in, and going, ‘Why that movement?’ Because we were told it was going to be this. So that’s definitely made us have some different thoughts about it.”
LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil has said the business will be working ‘like crazy’ to keep going beyond this season. His comments came just months after he said the sport would not be profitable for another five to 10 years.
Scott told TNT Sports in Mexico: “The reality is that you’re funded through the season, and then you work like crazy as a business to create a business and a business plan to keep us going. But that’s not different from any other private equity-funded business in the history of mankind.”
