HeyAbbott said:

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The rank and file players on the PGA Tour won't be happy to see the PGA Tour welcome back LIV golfers. However the PGA Tour will find a way to get some of the top name golfers such as Rahm, Bryson, etc back on tour.

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Louisiana was slated to spend approximately $7 million of state money to bring LIV to New Orleans' Bayou Oaks in City Park, with roughly $2 million toward course improvements and another $5 million for hosting fees. As of last week, only north of $3 million had been spent, including the $2 million on course improvements.
The state has clawback provisions in the deal, and according to the source, the two parties agreed that LIV will return the $1.2 million already received while treating the $2 million spent on Bayou Oaks as an acceptable improvement to a state asset.

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Already, five-time major champion Brooks Koepka rejoined the PGA Tour from LIV this year through a one-time returning member program that could cost him up to $90 million between charitable donations and forfeitures of bonuses and equity. But even that punishing arrangement, which was only offered during a brief window earlier this year, is unlikely to be available to LIV's remaining high-profile players.

Rolapp said the circumstances surrounding Koepka's return were unique because he had gotten out of his LIV contract and actively sought a return to the Tour. And Koepka's path won't be treated as a precedent if and when others seek to do the same.

While Tour officials can't discuss specific players who are under contract with a competitor, DeChambeau's situation explains why players will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

When DeChambeau joined LIV, he joined a group of players who filed an antitrust suit against the Tour challenging their suspensions, which generated intense animosity among those who stayed and cost the Tour vast sums of money before the litigation was dropped. (Koepka, on the other hand, never participated in the suit.) DeChambeau also stuck with LIV even when the returning-member window was open. So even though he's a two-time major winner with a popular social media presence, the damage some players inflicted on their way out the door won't be forgotten.
"I don't necessarily have scar tissue, but there are plenty of people around our tour who do," Rolapp says. "It has to be accounted for in some shape or form."

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HeyAbbott said:

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I guess Bryson will just stay with YouTube golf?

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2wealfth Man said:

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HeyAbbott said:

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I guess Bryson will just stay with YouTube golf?

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yea, probably best for all concerned. He is not getting any kind of big contract from the PGA Tour

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