"It's been pretty poor" - LIV Golf pro on communication from leadership amid crisis

Thomas Detry says the communication between management and LIV Golf players amid a turbulent period has been "pretty poor" but is adamant the league has a future.

Detry, the reigning WM Phoenix Open champion, left the PGA Tour over the winter to link up with his compatriot Thomas Pieters on Dustin Johnson's 4 Aces side. 

Four months after he joined the breakaway, LIV Golf's backers have announced they will no longer fund the venture beyond the conclusion of the 2026 season.

Rumours the league was facing an uncertain future first surfaced before their $25m event in Mexico two weeks ago, with some reports suggesting players hadn't been paid.

There was even speculation the tournament wasn't going ahead after several high-ranking LIV executives held an emergency meeting in New York and reportedly mulled scrapping the league effective immediately.  

The aforementioned Pieters recently explained in an interview with Dan Rapaport of Skratch that the atmosphere that week in Club de Golf Chapultepec was "pretty grim" as the players, caddies and staff were in the dark.  

And Detry echoed concerns about the lack of clarity from above. 

"I'm not gonna lie, I think it's been pretty poor because nobody really knows," Detry told Garrett Johnston on Beyond the Clubhouse when asked about the communication between leadership and players in recent weeks. 

"I do think that some of the stuff is out of control, even out of the control of the LIV leadership. It comes from way above that. It hasn't been easy for them to deal with everything and it hasn't been easy for us as well."

Detry added: "I'm fully supportive of the whole thing. I think the players stand behind the whole thing as well.

"But now is the time for this whole league and every player out here to show cohesion and support for this whole thing. 

"I think now is a moment where it's not the right time to have individualistic people and ego-centric people going their own way.

"I think if everyone stands for each other and we all give this thing our full support, it's going to go a long way."

Detry also agreed with comments made from Bryson DeChambeau's teammate Anirban Lahiri. 

In an interview with The Times, Lahiri explained that he knew at least 12 LIV Golf players that would prefer to retire than re-join the PGA Tour if the league doesn't survive. 

He said it was the "biggest joke ever" that several LIV players are desperate to re-join the PGA Tour. 

Detry also believes there are several misconceptions about LIV. 

"The product is amazing," Detry said. "I didn't realise how good the product was. I think LIV's an amazing product. We go all around the world, the tournaments are so good. 

"Don't take me wrong, there's many things that can improve, but it's still a start-up. It's only four years old. 

"And [people don't realise] how much we all enjoy it out here. You see sometimes on social media that the players hate it and want to come back and that's not the truth. 

"Players really love it out here and want to make this successful. So I think that's what I got out of my first six weeks."

Detry added that he's also decided to take himself off social media amid the uncertain times. 

"Because when you've got a little bit of information out there it all gets blown out [of proportion], with many different versions and scenarios," he said. 

"There's so many lies and so much untruth, it's tough to differentiate what's true and what's not true. 

"I've just tried to stay away from social media and that's my way of dealing with all of this."

Detry's comments come as LIV's chief executive, Scott O'Neil, has provided an update on DeChambeau's future. 

O'Neil told GOLF that the two-time major champion will personally attend pitches to potential investors over the next few weeks and months. 

And he's not worried that the 32-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season. 

"We have negotiations with players ongoing," O'Neil told the publication. "His happens to get quite a bit of attention. 

"Bryson is an extraordinary partner. He is the most popular golfer on the planet. He's winning. He loves team golf. 

"He believes in the vision of LIV. He's willing to travel around the world, grow the game. And of all the athletes I've worked with in my career — and there've been a lot of them, from a lot of different sports — he's the most pure to the mission of an athlete I've ever met."