Brandel Chamblee Takes DIG at LIV Golf After Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau’s Close Finish at 2025 PGA Championship

Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau were both in contention for the 2025 PGA Championship before suffering a late collapse on Sunday.

Brandel Chamblee Takes DIG at LIV Golf After Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau’s Close Finish at 2025 PGA Championship

Jon Rahm, Brandel Chamblee and Bryson DeChambeau (Image via Imago)

Golf analyst Brandel Chamblee has taken another dig at LIV Golf. Following the close finishes of Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau at the 2025 PGA Championship, Chamblee slammed the 54-hole league again and blamed its format for the loss of these two stars.

In the final round, both Rahm and DeChambeau were in contention of the major championship. However, in the final few holes, the two of them slipped a bit and failed to claim the title.

In the end, Rahm finished T8 while DeChambeau recorded his second straight runner-up finish in this event, having lost by one stroke against Xander Schauffele last year. Following the end of the event, Brandel Chamblee had some bold words for the Public Investment Fund (PIF) backed league.

He expressed that the two of them were not ‘sharp‘ as they were not playing against the best players in the world each week, in and out. A post regarding these words from him was later shared by GOLF.com’s X account.

Chamblee would then proceed to take another jab at LIV Golf. The Golf Channel analyst expressed that the Saudi-backed tour did not care about the careers of it’s players.

LIV’s format and lack of competition is not an ideal way to keep their players competitive. Why don’t they go to 72 holes? Why don’t they have an open qualifying for half of their spots? Why don’t they play under tougher conditions? We all know why. They don’t care about the careers of their players, only the stigma of admitting to a failed idea.

This is obviously not the first time Chamblee had taken a shot at Rahm. Earlier this year, he took a swipe at the former Masters Champion as he fell out of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) for the first time in over 8 years.

Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau among 4 LIV Golfers to make the cut at both Masters and the PGA Championship

Making the cut at the majors is a huge thing. After the two major championships this year, only 32 players managed to make the cut in both the Masters and the PGA Championship. Former World No.1 Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau were among the 4 LIV Golfers who made the cut in both of these events.

Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau
Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau (Image via Imago)

While Rahm did not have the best of times in the first three rounds of the Masters Tournament, he did manage to pick up a respectable T14 finish with a score of 69 in the final round. At the PGA Championship, he claimed his first top-10 finish on the tour this year with a T8 finish.

Meanwhile, DeChambeau had been in contention in both tournaments. In the final round of the Masters, he once found himself in the lead. He later slipped up and eventually finished T5. At the PGA Championship, he once again had to settle for a runner-up finish.

The other two LIV Golfers were Tyrrell Hatton and Joaquin Niemann. While Hatton finished T14 and T60 in the Masters and the PGA Championship, respectively, Niemann clinched T29 and T8 finishes in these two major events.

Jon Rahm confident of getting over the heartbreaking loss at PGA Championship

Jon Rahm seemed to be in contention for a major championship once again as he tried to chase down Scottie Scheffler. A late collapse in the final round saw him miss out the chance to fight for his 3rd major title.

Jon Rahm
Jon Rahm (Image via Imago)

The Spanish international went on to bogey the 16th hole and then made double bogeys on both the 17th and 18th holes. This saw his score go from 2-under for the round to 2-over. The score of 5-over in his final three holes cost him the title, as he eventually finished 7 shots behind Scheffler.

Despite this loss, Rahm was not hurt. The Legion XIII captain expressed that it was not going to be the end of the world for him. He further added that he would take the experience from here and try to do better at the U.S. Open next month.

Am I embarrassed a little bit about how I finished today? Yeah. But I just need to get over it, get over myself. It’s not the end of the world. I’ll get over it. I’ll move on. Again, there’s a lot more positive than negative to think about this week. I’m really happy I put myself in position and hopefully learn from this and give it another go in the U.S. Open.

At LIV Golf, Rahm has continued to play in top form. He is yet to finish outside the top 10 of any LIV Golf tournament since he made his debut in 2024. He will now be in action from the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, USA, as the breakaway tour hosts the LIV Golf Virginia event.

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