Brandel Chamblee attacks LIV Golf after Brooks Koepka’s departure

After it was confirmed yesterday Brooks Koepka LIV Golf is leaving, there was an avalanche of reactions from fans, experts and former players alike. While this scenario was expected, some believed that Koepka would extend his contract with the controversial league and continue his adventure in LIV Golf.

Brandel Chamblee is a well-known journalist. He responded to Brooks Koepka’s departure from LIV Golf.

Chamblee believes that the PGA Tour is the best place for a golfer to progress, the most competitive and the most profitable. Chamblee has never been a big fan of LIV Golf and has criticized the Saudi-backed project for years.

Such deviations, Chamblee said, show how many LIV golfers aspire to return to the PGA Tour, but he believes PGA Tour leaders must respond and face serious consequences.

“Time has elevated the PGA Tour to what it is: the most competitive, legitimate and profitable tour in the world,” Chamblee wrote on X.

“Time has exposed the LIV tour for what it is: a short-lived, flamboyant fantasy tour that can neither advance the professional game nor the careers of the players who sacrificed their principles for profit by playing for the Saudis.

I suspect that those who have a way back will look for it with their hats in their hands, trying to hide the money in their pockets. The PGA Tour should make it difficult but achievable for these players, for the benefit of the PGA Tour and at the expense of the LIV Tour.”

What will happen?

Whether other players will follow his lead and return to the place where it all began, we’ll see. The fact is that LIV Golf has not achieved its objectives, but it is also clear how much it is trying to move forward and how much it is doing its utmost to strengthen its place in the golf world.

As long as they cannot guarantee their players participation in the Majors, the situation will be difficult, and it is certain that some will leave this story for that reason.