LIV Golf’s collapse leaves Bryson DeChambeau without a tour.

LIV Golf is shutting down.

Bryson DeChambeau, the two-time major winner and one of the league’s biggest stars, is now a free agent with no tour to call home.

On Thursday, LIV’s lawyers told a federal bankruptcy judge in Trenton, New Jersey, that the league will not relaunch in 2027.

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

That decision leaves DeChambeau — who spent the fall publicly championing the league’s revival — searching for a place to play professionally.

President Donald Trump, a longtime golf enthusiast and DeChambeau supporter, now has another concern on his plate after the midterm elections: his favorite golfer’s uncertain future.

LIV Golf launched in 2022 with massive financial backing from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).

The league spent more than $5 billion luring top talent away from the PGA Tour with guaranteed contracts worth tens of millions.

DeChambeau was among the first big names to defect, signing a deal reported to be worth nine figures.

But in April, the PIF announced it was done paying after the 2025 season.

LIV filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2025, pinning its hopes on a smaller, restructured league — dubbed LIV 2.0 — backed by up to $300 million from private investment firm BC Partners Credit.

The Financial Times reported Wednesday that BC Partners was walking away from the deal.

The Athletic added that the firm did not believe LIV had enough committed players to make the league viable.

DeChambeau was one of the players it did not have.

Despite talking up LIV 2.0 harder than anyone else, he never signed a contract for the new iteration.

Sports Business Journal reported that DeChambeau, along with Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, and Joaquin Niemann, all passed on committing.

Only four players publicly committed to LIV 2.0: Richard Bland, Cameron Tringale, Brendan Steele, and Ben Campbell.

DeChambeau’s original LIV contract ran through 2026.

A bankruptcy judge has since approved LIV’s rejection of that deal and 18 others.

Rejection is the legal step that frees a bankruptcy 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 more than $5 million.

DeChambeau is owed $5.77 million.

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

Now he is in line for less than 1.2 percent of that figure.

There is an interesting business wrinkle too.

BC Partners Credit invested in GSE Worldwide, DeChambeau’s agency, in 2024.

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

DeChambeau’s future is further complicated by his relationship with the PGA Tour.

He left the PGA Tour in 2022 to join LIV, and his path back is not straightforward.

The PGA Tour built a return window in January 2026 for LIV players who wanted to come back.

DeChambeau did not walk through that door.

Now that door may be closed or at least harder to open.

However, there is a potential lifeline from across the Atlantic.

The DP World Tour — Europe’s top professional circuit — has offered DeChambeau a free route back to the professional game.

As the winner of the 2024 US Open, DeChambeau is the only current LIV player who holds full playing privileges on the DP World Tour for 2027.

If he decides to enlist for the 2027 season, he could earn back his PGA Tour card for 2028 via the Race to Dubai money list.

Telegraph Sport reported that DeChambeau’s advisers were informed of this option by DP World Tour officials.

The 23-year-old (the article’s apparent error; DeChambeau is 33) has a social media following that tops 10 million, making him one of the most marketable figures in golf.

DeChambeau’s troubles have drawn sharp commentary from within the golf world.

Brooks Koepka, DeChambeau’s longtime rival, recently said their beef is “good for the game.”

Other voices have been less charitable.