Brooks Koepka says Bryson DeChambeau feud is good for golf.

Report: Bryson DeChambeau offered free route to DP World Tour.

The DP World Tour has offered Bryson DeChambeau a free route back into professional golf, according to a report from The Telegraph.

The offer comes after LIV Golf officially announced it was winding down operations.

LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2026.

The Saudi Public Investment Fund, which poured more than $5 billion into the league since 2022, withdrew its funding earlier this year.

A federal bankruptcy judge in Trenton, New Jersey, heard on Thursday, November 5, 2026, that LIV would not proceed with its planned LIV 2.0 relaunch.

“The debtors are not currently proceeding with the LIV 2.0 plan,” Matthew Williams, an attorney for LIV, told the court.

DeChambeau was considered the most important figure in the proposed LIV 2.0 rebuild.

He spent the fall publicly promoting the new league harder than anyone.

On the “Figuring Out” podcast, he claimed his Crushers GC team generated $8 million in EBITDA last year.

But when the deadline came to commit to LIV 2.0, DeChambeau did not sign.

The Sports Business Journal reported that DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann all passed on the new deal.

Only four players publicly committed: Richard Bland, Cameron Tringale, Brendan Steele and Ben Campbell.

LIV’s last-ditch plan involved a reduced schedule and prize funds of $5.5 million instead of $30 million.

BC Partners Credit, the private investment firm that had considered backing LIV 2.0 with up to $300 million, walked away.

The Athletic reported that the firm did not believe LIV had enough players.

The Financial Times first reported BC’s withdrawal on Wednesday, November 4.

Now DeChambeau is a free agent with nowhere to play.

His LIV contract ran through 2026, but a bankruptcy judge approved the rejection of that deal and 18 others.

Rejection is the legal step that frees a bankrupt company from contracts it cannot afford to keep.

Getting paid is a separate filing.

Court filings show LIV owes between $500 million and $1 billion to at least 1,000 creditors.

DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Dustin Johnson hold the largest unsecured claims, each exceeding $5 million.

DeChambeau is owed $5.77 million by a league that is going out of business.

In April 2026, The Telegraph reported that DeChambeau was seeking as much as $500 million to stay with LIV.

Now he is in line for $5.77 million — and may never collect it.

The DP World Tour offer changes the picture.

According to James Corrigan of The Telegraph, the two-time major winner is eligible to take up full playing privileges on the DP World Tour.

The eligibility comes from his 2024 U.S. Open victory at Pinehurst No. 2.

If DeChambeau accepts the offer, he would be eligible to play his way back to the PGA Tour for the 2028 season.

The pathway runs through the top-10 cards available on the Race to Dubai, the DP World Tour’s season-long points competition.

This is the same Returning Member Program that Brooks Koepka used this year to return to the PGA Tour.

Jon Rahm previously turned down the same deal.

The Telegraph report states that the PGA Tour could offer the Returning Member Program to Rahm again, as well as to DeChambeau and Cameron Smith.

However, the report adds that such an offer is unlikely at this stage.

The DP World Tour could be set for a blockbuster season if DeChambeau accepts.

Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Sergio Garcia and Tom McKibbin are all returning to the European-based circuit.

Joaquin Niemann and former Open champion Cameron Smith are also expected to avail of invitations.

DeChambeau has not publicly responded to the DP World Tour offer.

He previously stated his desire to become “a YouTube golfer” to grow his 10 million social media following.

He can still play in major championships through 2029 because of his 2024 U.S. Open victory.

He can make appearances at tournaments around the world.

His online presence gives him another way to stay connected with golf fans.

Golf insider Dan Rapoport does not see a return to the PGA Tour happening anytime soon.

Rapoport believes DeChambeau was one of LIV Golf’s most committed supporters and may not be interested in putting in the work required to regain regular PGA Tour status.

DeChambeau may not accept the offer from the DP World Tour or any impending deal from the PGA Tour.

Brooks Koepka, who has been involved in a public feud with DeChambeau for years, recently said the rivalry is good for golf.

Koepka’s comment came amid reports that LIV Golf was shutting down.

Koepka himself used the Returning Member Program to return to the PGA Tour this year.

The feud between Koepka and DeChambeau began in 2019 and escalated with a series of public comments and social media exchanges.

It reached a peak when a video surfaced of Koepka rolling his eyes as DeChambeau walked past him during a television interview at the 2021 PGA Championship.

Despite the tension, both players have acknowledged that the rivalry draws attention to the sport.

DeChambeau’s future remains uncertain.

He has options: the DP World Tour, a possible PGA Tour return via the same program, or a full-time career as a YouTube golfer with major championship exemptions.

None of these options guarantee the week-to-week competition against the best players in the world that he may still want.

LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neill issued a statement on the league’s shutdown.

“Building a global platform designed to bring new, younger, and more diverse fans to the sport of golf has been the round of a lifetime for all of us,” O’Neill said.

“LIV Golf was fun, demanding, inspiring, at times challenging — but always rewarding.”

“Together, our team delivered world-class individual and team competitions across five continents.”

The statement did not mention DeChambeau or any other player.

DeChambeau’s agency, GSE Worldwide, received an investment from BC Partners Credit in 2024.

GSE has said BC is only a lender and that the agency had no part in the LIV negotiations.

The PGA Tour had a door open for DeChambeau in January 2026, but he did not walk through it.

That door was the Returning Member Program, the same one now offered by the DP World Tour.