PGA Tour makes unsurprising Bryson DeChambeau announcement ahead of Ryder Cup

The PGA Tour has confirmed Bryson DeChambeau will not be able to join fellow members of the US Ryder Cup team and compete in next month's Procore Championship, following a report in Sports Illustrated.

The update should not come as a huge surprise given DeChambeau, 31, remains suspended on the PGA Tour as a result of his ties to LIV Golf. 

All PGA Tour members who have played in a LIV Golf event remain suspended by the North American circuit until further notice.

But the immediate notice right now is that DeChambeau will be able to play no part in any PGA Tour action, even if it's what US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley would like to see.

The US Ryder Cup team is run by the PGA of America, and not the PGA Tour. 

DeChambeau joined LIV Golf for a reported fee of $125m in 2022 and he has remained suspended by the PGA Tour ever since. 

Bradley is championing a move to get as many of his 2025 US Ryder Cup team members as possible to compete in the Procore Championship at Silverado Country Club in Napa, California.

The tournament, which was previously known as the Fortinet Championship, marks the start of the FedEx Cup Fall Series. 

Bradley is reportedly eager to get his team members playing on the PGA Tour two weeks before the start of the Ryder Cup so they are match fit for the biennial dust-up at Bethpage in New York from 26-28 Sepember.

There is expectation that even World No.1 Scottie Scheffler will be teeing it up at the Procore Championship. 

A number of critics and analysts of the defeated 2023 US Ryder Cup team considered a number of the top American players had taken too much time off before the action in Rome. 

DeChambeau, who is playing at LIV Golf Indianapolis before the Team Championship next week, is currently in the automatic spots to receive a place on Bradley's team. 

But he could fall out of the automatic top six depending on results at this week's BMW Championship and next week's Tour Championship, which is when automatic qualification ends. 

Bradley has already made it clear DeChambeau will be in his team regardless. 

While he would have liked the two-time US Open champion to join up with members of the Ryder Cup team at the Procore Championship, Bradley has been informed that is not possible. 

"Well he's suspended, and that's out of my control," Bradley said during his press conference at the BMW Championship. 

Bradley is slightly irritated though.

"I thought that the Ryder Cup sort of transcends all of this, and really, the last thing on my mind is the PGA Tour-LIV stuff," he added.

According to a PGA Tour spokesperson who replied to Sports Illustrated's Bob Harig on the subject, "Bryson DeChambeau is not eligible for PGA Tour competition."

DeChambeau's agent Brett Falkoff told Harig: "We have not formally inquired but Bryson plans to participate in every team gathering that he is permitted to attend."

He could of course still rock up at Silverado Country Club to meet members of the team, but the plan for Bradley was to see as many of his team members competing and getting their games in shape two weeks before the Ryder Cup. 

There is a chance DeChambeau could compete in the Irish Open at The K Club from 4-7 September on the DP World Tour, but he would be in need of a sponsor's invite. 

DeChambeau is expected to be the sole LIV Golf representative on the 2025 US Ryder Cup team.