The news that LIV Golf failed to generate much revenue is not necessarily a surprise. LIV failed to attract a traditional television deal or sponsorship in 2022 while spending hundreds of millions of dollars in player and employee contracts, event purses, and tournament buildout.
Following the conclusion of LIV Golf’s inaugural first season, many questions remain about the controversial Saudi-backed league, including just how different it is from what currently exists in professional golf.
DeChambeau said this week at the Memorial Tournament was the best he had putted since his US Amateur victory in 2015. So it was fitting that when he needed to hole a 10-footer for birdie to earn his second career US PGA Tour title in a playoff, he poured it in, defeating South Korea’s Byeong Hun An on the second extra hole.