After a week that has left the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf seemingly fighting for its existence beyond 2026, its star man Bryson DeChambeau quit the latest event in Mexico City.
The 32-year-old DeChambeau withdrew from the final round on Sunday, citing an injury to his wrist that he did not want to further aggravate.
DeChambeau, who was trying to become the first player to win three straight times on LIV Golf, started poorly at Chapultepec Golf Club and was 16 shots behind leader Jon Rahm when he withdrew.
‘I experienced some discomfort in my wrist during yesterday’s round and have decided to withdraw from the the final round of LIV Golf Mexico City to prevent further injury,’ DeChambeau said on a social media post. ‘Not how I wanted this week to go.’
DeChambeau said he would be evaluated and hoped to be at LIV Golf Virginia on May 7-10, a week before the PGA Championship.
He missed the cut in the Masters last week when he took two shots to get out of a bunker and made triple bogey on his last hole.
Bryson DeChambeau withdrew from LIV Mexico, citing a wrist issue he feared making worse
It comes after DeChambeau was filmed by fans complaining about the condition of the course during his opening round on Friday.
On the 16th hole, DeChambeau overshot his attempt out of a greenside bunker – a similar spot to his Masters demise – into the crowd on the other side of the green.
When he approached his ball and discovered the state of his lie, the 32-year-old unleashed a stream of whining.
The turf surrounding his ball was patchy, with the lie half resting on a tuft of grass and partly on exposed mud.
‘You got destroyed grass,’ the golfer was heard moaning to the gathering of spectators in a video caught by golf content creators Perisgolf.
‘Oh, this is rough?’ he then sarcastically asked, adding, ‘definitely good to see,’ with an ironic thumbs up.
DeChambeau then asked for a second ruling opinion, tetchily shrugging his shoulders and gesturing to the patches of grass.
The week has been filled with uncertainty surrounding the Saudi-funded league, with CEO Scott O’Neil writing a memo to staff to say LIV was assured of funding through the end of the year amid reports speculating about the league´s financial future.
DeChambeau is hopeful of making the next LIV event with the PGA Championship near
It comes after DeChambeau suffered a meltdown over the lie of his ball at LIV Golf Mexico
Multiple agents told Daily Mail Sport that they were in the dark over whether the controversial four-year venture, which Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has pumped almost $6billion into since 2022, was on the brink of being abandoned amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Tour executives were summoned for an emergency meeting in New York this week as fears continued to grow, but in an email sent to league staffers, LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil has stressed that staff plough on with their daily responsibilities.
According to multiple players and agents working on the tour, the expectation is that the PIF will continue pumping in cash until the conclusion of their 2026 campaign in Michigan on August 30 – hopes that appear to have been validated by O’Neil’s latest remarks.
Speaking at their ongoing tournament in Mexico, he told TNT Sports: ‘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.’
