Bryson DeChambeau talks Ryder Cup, squashing rivalries with PGA players and lack of resolution with LIV

Not lone did Bryson DeChambeau hazard a deed to his estimation by moving to LIV Golf successful 2022, but helium severely depleted his chances of representing the United States successful the Ryder Cup.

Team USA’s automatic qualifiers marque the squad done FedEx Cup points, which are earned successful golf's 4 majors and different PGA Tour events. Thus, LIV Golfers are lone capable to gain qualifying points successful majors, meaning DeChambeau had conscionable 8 chances (four successful 2024 and 4 this year) to suffice for Bethpage Black this past September aft not playing successful 2023.

"Yeah, it sucked. I wanted to beryllium there. Didn't play good capable successful the majors," DeChambeau told reporters connected Ryder Cup eve. "Knew what I was up against erstwhile I went to LIV. That's a full different conversation. But inactive wanted to marque the squad and wasn't capable to."

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Bryson DeChambeau of Team United States plays his changeable from the archetypal tee during the Sunday singles matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup astatine Black Course astatine Bethpage State Park Golf Course connected Sept. 28, 2025 successful Farmingdale, New York.  (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

On his redemption tour, though, helium won the 2024 U.S. Open, finished 2nd successful some PGA Championships and had 3 different top-10 finishes. That was capable not lone to get him connected the squad but to miraculously automatically qualify. He and Justin Thomas past draped an American emblem implicit their backs portion walking to the archetypal tee arsenic the prima was rising connected Long Island.

That would person been a chaotic show 3 years ago, but it's nary concealed that the PGA and its golfers person softened their stance connected the Saudi-backed league and those progressive successful it (DeChambeau and Tommy Fleetwood, on with Justin Rose, did get testy astatine Bethpage). 

In July 2023, the tours announced they were successful discussions to travel to immoderate benignant of head. Rory McIlroy adjacent admitted helium "changed my tune" connected those who defected.

"I deliberation determination is simply a communal respect of our craft… You know, it's conscionable a substance of putting that play shot successful the hole, you know? And I deliberation there's a communal respect amongst each of us," DeChambeau told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "So that's wherever I consciousness like, you know, we each person gone to a spot wherever we're like, ‘OK, you cognize what? Let's conscionable support moving on. We'll fto the businessmen fig retired the concern details and we conscionable support playing golf.’"

Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy shingle hands astatine extremity of circular connected Sunday astatine Augusta National. Augusta, Georgia. (Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

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DeChambeau and Team USA came up conscionable abbreviated of the largest comeback successful Ryder Cup history. The two-time U.S. Open champion adjacent fought backmost from 5 down aft 7 holes to halve his lucifer with Matt Fitzpatrick. Despite the loss, DeChambeau made definite not to instrumentality the acquisition for granted.

"Oh, man, it's a peculiar feeling. I've ever loved representing Team USA. It's been fantastic to bash that, and we've mislaid and won connected galore occasions. It’s decidedly an affectional roller coaster, but 1 that I emotion experiencing each clip I get the accidental to, and I'll proceed to combat to beryllium connected those teams arsenic acold arsenic I can," DeChambeau said. 

"You ne'er cognize erstwhile it could beryllium your past one, right? So you got to admit and respected. And I deliberation albeit, you know, america losing and it being astatine Bethpage, it was a truly pugnacious 1 to lose, I inactive person large respect for being a portion of the competition, and I deliberation that's what I'll retrieve astir is that I was a portion of the competition."

"I’m going to propulsion LIV a bony here, it’s large to get prepared to beryllium connected a team. Every tourney I play, I’m gunning for my squad to bash the champion they perchance can," helium added. "That’s what made maine consciousness similar I’m prepared for this situation and springiness it my each for others, not conscionable myself."

"Keegan [Bradley] did a large occupation arsenic the captain, successful my opinion," DeChambeau continued. "You ever look backmost and say, oh, you could person done this, could person done that, but, dude, this feline gave his portion and soul, and that's what I respect truthful overmuch astir what helium did. Because again, it's not him that yet wins oregon loses the Ryder Cup, it’s america players. He gets the brunt of it, reasonably oregon unfairly so, it’s portion of however it lays out. But I had a large time."

Bryson DeChambeau and Keegan Bradley look connected portion astatine the 18th spread greenish during the Friday day four-ball matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup astatine Black Course astatine Bethpage State Park Golf Course connected Sept. 26, 2025 successful Farmingdale, New York.  (Maddie Meyer/PGA of America/PGA of America via Getty Images)

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It has been astir 2 and a fractional years since the PGA and LIV announced plans for an alliance. It has yet to occur, and DeChambeau is not holding retired overmuch hope.

"Man, I privation thing large would happen, but I don’t deliberation it’s going to successful the contiguous future. I deliberation determination are excessively galore wants connected some sides and not capable gives connected the other," DeChambeau said. "We’re conscionable excessively acold isolated connected a batch of things. It’s going to instrumentality immoderate time, but ultimately, I bash deliberation the crippled of play volition turn internationally. Scarcity volition go much prevalent, which I deliberation is bully for players’ wellness and longevity. Honestly, for the nonrecreational sport, scarcity is precise important. 

"I deliberation the R&A recognizes that, and I bash deliberation the PGA Tour recognizes that. It’s moving much toward that model. I won’t talk for anybody, but I deliberation determination volition beryllium improvements for the crippled arsenic clip goes on. It’s affirmative disruption, and it’ll instrumentality clip to fto the h2o settee and marque a cleanable script wherever we each travel backmost together. Ultimately, I deliberation it’ll beryllium bully for the crippled implicit time."

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