MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 8, 2024

Bryson DeChambeau

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BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: I think the negotiations are going on with or without a win. I think if a LIV player were to win, including myself, I think we'd all be extremely excited and happy for whoever that individual is.

I'm not so sure for the other side, but that's for them to make up their own emotional state I guess you could say.

From a negotiation standpoint, I don't think it'll change much to be honest with you.

Q. You mentioned that the decisions are being made by higher ups. What can you do yourself at this point to help things along?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Continue to talk to players on both sides, just show that there is a mutually beneficial ground, a peace that I hope a lot of people can start to see.

I've had visions of this for quite a long time. You can't publicly say them, unfortunately, because you get scrutinized and criticized and everybody throws things in certain ways to give you curve balls.

I want to be very careful and cautious because I don't know what the future of golf fully looks like, and I'm just a bystander trying to play some golf and trying to help advocate for the fans to win again. They need to win.

And people can say I moved to one side, but I did it for my family and what I had in front of me at that point in time. I think my mom would have probably smacked me for not taking the deal.

Everybody has their own prerogatives and wishes and wants, and the only thing I wish is that we can all see eye to eye on some things and that we can come back to some level playing field where we can all have some fun together.

Q. The court cases back in 2022 mentioned some of the players were suspended for March 31, 2024. Are you still suspended by the PGA TOUR?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: I don't know. They haven't told me. Communications have been not there.

Q. Would you be willing to apply for reinstatement if you were not suspended?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Look, I would love to continue to showcase my skill set around the world in different places, whether it be Shriners or the Arnold Palmer, Mr. Nicklaus' event, TPC Las Vegas. I'd love to play those events. They've been great to me. Shoot, even Riviera.

I'd love to play Tiger's event; put on a fantastic event in a good community and around some great people. That's what I look forward to hopefully being able to do down the road.

Do I want to play a full schedule? You know what, I don't know. We'll see how things shake out. I don't know what the future is going to look like, and I'm not here to decide that.

But would I like to play a few? Sure, ones that I truly enjoyed and had a lot of friends with and helped impact the community in a positive way, absolutely.

Q. What would be your dream scenario for where golf is five years from now?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Wow, that's an interesting question. I can go many ways with that. Real quickly, I'll just say, one, you can look at it like the NFL and you could have NFC/AFC sort of working in their own fields and at the end they come together, put on a huge event at the end of the year. That could be really cool. Or you could integrate it on top. So you integrate the team aspect on top of the individual side of the coin. Does that make sense to you? So the signature series or some elevated events maybe globally or here in the States, we elevate those events. We don't just try to say it's an individual event or this is a team event. No, combine it, make it one, and you can up the value by quite a bit, and I hope people can see that.