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\u201cIf you want to be the most competitive golfer you can be, this (the PGA Tour) is the place to be. And if you don\u2019t want to play here, I think that says something about you,\u201d McIlroy told reporters<\/a> at the Truist Championship in Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n McIlroy never mentioned DeChambeau by name, and he\u2019s not the only LIV golfer who has publicly expressed hesitation about returning to the PGA Tour in the event LIV is no longer an option \u2014 but with all due respect to Anirban Lahiri, his Crushers teammate\u2019s situation is of far more importance in the golf world these days.<\/p>\n DeChambeau\u2019s contract with LIV ends after the 2026 season, and he holds incredible leverage at a time of upheaval for the rebel tour. With LIV CEO Scott O\u2019Neil and his board focused on taking in new money<\/a> to replace the outgoing financing from Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund<\/a>, the two-time U.S. Open winner with 2.69 million YouTube subscribers is a must to keep in the fold.<\/p>\n The Athletic<\/em> has previously reported that DeChambeau\u2019s camp took multiple meetings at the Masters to investigate his potential options. He has not ruled out a return to LIV, but it\u2019s not an either\/or choice for him between the competing men\u2019s professional golf tours.<\/p>\n DeChambeau has made it clear he\u2019s willing to stay away from tour golf completely, film content for his YouTube channel and \u201cplay tournaments that want me,\u201d he told ESPN on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n The PGA Tour stands to impose penalties on DeChambeau should he want to return, given his original defection to LIV in 2022. He also participated in a lawsuit against the PGA Tour and expressed annoyance to Skratch<\/a> about the tour\u2019s policies regarding players filming content before and during a tournament.<\/p>\n McIlroy led the initial push against LIV, though he later backed off and has not had a leadership role on tour in a couple of seasons. His comments Friday made it clear he\u2019s still paying attention and willing to be open-minded about players coming back from LIV.<\/p>\n \u201cIt all depends on what happens to LIV. But if it is a scenario where they have the option to come back and play on the traditional tours, you know, I think (PGA Tour CEO) Brian Rolapp has said anything that makes this Tour stronger, anything that makes the DP World Tour stronger, I think everyone should be open to that. That\u2019s just good business practice,\u201d McIlroy said.<\/p>\n McIlroy and DeChambeau will meet up next week at the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia.\n<\/p><\/div>\n Bryson DeChambeau may not be sure what he wants to do if he does not re-sign with LIV Golf next season, but Rory McIlroy made it clear Friday what he thinks of the available options. \u201cIf you want to be the most competitive golfer you can be, this (the PGA Tour) is the place to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory-McIlroy-takes-veiled-shot-at-Bryson-DeChambeau-other-LIV.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30283,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30281\/revisions\/30283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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