Long one of LIV Golf’s most ardent detractors, Brandel Chamblee, longtime golf analyst, has seemingly done an about-face in his opinion of the rebel tour. With the merger pending and LIV creeping more and more into mainstream golf all the time, Chamblee has reversed course after a round of golf with President Donald Trump.
Trump said before his election that he would like to see a resolution to the pending merger, and several PGA Tour policy-makers went to the White House to get his assistance. Now, Trump, a longtime fan of LIV Golf, has even convinced one of the tour’s biggest naysayers to change his mind.
Chamblee said at the WM Phoenix Open:
“At the end of it, I will say that he (President Donald Trump) did change my mind. He made me think about Yasir [Al-Rumayyan] as a partner in the game of golf, and not looking just for an economic opportunity through the game of golf.”
For a long time, Chamblee has been highly critical of Yasir Al-Rumayyan, often believing him to be using golf for his own financial gain rather than trying to grow the game, which has been his and LIV Golf’s stated mission.
Chamblee still has strong feelings about LIV and its players, but he’s coming around to the idea of their relevancy. He admitted a few months ago that he’d like to see the merger resolved soon so that the two sides can come together once more.
He has, over the years, slowly softened his stance and become more accepting of LIV Golf as part of golf’s present and future
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