Is Bryson DeChambeau playing a game of chicken with the PGA Tour?

Ryan Lavner· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hello and welcome into this addition of the Golf Trail Podcast with Rex and Lav. It has been a busy week already, and it is just Wednesday, the week ahead of the PGA Championship. Rex is in Charlotte, I'm in Stamford, Connecticut co-hosting Golf Today. And Rex, before we get into your conversation with the Masters champion, Rory McIlroy, who's back to work, uh, after his triumph at Augusta, before we get into the player meeting, and that was held at Quail Hall on Tuesday as well, we have to start once again with LIV. And there's been plenty of attention, not just on the CEO, Scott O'Neill, who met with the media earlier this week in Virginia, but also Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. Let's start with Jon Rahm, who I think is at least the biggest, uh, newsworthy item of the week so far, and that was Jon Rahm, uh, agreeing to a deal with the DP World Tour. He's gonna be paying the outstanding fines. In exchange, he will be playing five tournaments on the European tour this year, but it also makes him eligible for the 2027 European Ryder Cup team. What's your biggest takeaway from what has been about a year-long saga at this point with Jon Rahm and the European tour no longer at a stalemate?

Rex Hoggard· Host1:17

It was an interesting convergence yesterday, because I think this is a testament to how dramatically the landscape has changed the last three weeks. Like, you didn't, you don't have to go too far back to hear Jon Rahm talking about a potential deal that would allow him