PGA Tour pro Wesley Bryan suspended for playing in LIV golf-backed YouTube event

The PGA Tour has suspended Wesley Bryan for playing successful a LIV Golf-backed arena 2 weeks ago.

The circuit has not commented, though Bryan told nan website Monday Q, which first reported nan suspension, that he doesn’t cognize really agelong it will past and indicated that he would travel nan tour’s appeals process.

Bryan, 35, is attending but not competing this week successful nan Corales Puntacana Championship successful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, wherever he vanished 2nd past twelvemonth to Billy Horschel.

It is connected nan schedule other nan RBC Heritage, which Bryan won successful 2017 successful his autochthonal South Carolina for his lone PGA Tour victory.

He nary longer has afloat circuit position and has played successful 3 events successful 2025 arsenic precocious arsenic March, missing 2 cuts — nan objection a necktie for 25th astatine nan Farmers Insurance Open successful January. Bryan is 169th successful nan FedExCup standings (31 points) pinch $75,068 successful charismatic earnings.

He and his brother, George, person go celebrated for creating contented connected a YouTube channel, pinch videos featuring instrumentality shots. Wesley Bryan participated successful 2 PGA Tour influencer events successful nan past year, including successful March, Golf Digest reported.

The Bryan brothers competed successful a akin arena tally by LIV Golf — a rival to nan PGA Tour — nan week earlier nan Masters astatine Doral called “The Duels: Miami.” George Bryan and partner Sergio Garcia of nan LIV circuit won nan nine-hole scramble connected nan first playoff hole.

Wesley Bryan hits a tee changeable during nan LIV Golf-backed arena called “The Duels: Miami” connected April 3, 2025. Getty Images

The event, featuring six LIV golfers and six YouTube creators, had a $250,000 purse and was streamed connected Grant Horvat’s YouTube channel.

All of nan creators were informed done a 3rd statement location could beryllium disciplinary action from nan PGA Tour, according to nan Monday Q report. Only Wesley Bryan was suspended, per nan report, connected nan time aft The Duels went unrecorded connected Horvat’s channel.

Bryan told Monday Q that he doesn’t regret playing successful The Duels.

“That video is 1 of nan astir powerful videos successful YouTube golf.” Bryan said. “We are going to proceed to support Grant and turn nan crippled done YouTube.”

He besides showed gratitude for his profession connected nan PGA Tour.

“For nan past 8 aliases 9 years, nan opportunities person been amazing,” Bryan said. “I’m highly grateful to nan Tour for that. I don’t want this to beryllium nan extremity of my master play career.”

Bryan has made 68 cuts successful 134 profession PGA Tour events, pinch 5 top-five finishes and 9 top-10 finishes.

A autochthonal of Columbia, S.C., who played astatine nan University of South Carolina, Bryan turned master successful 2012, joined nan circuit successful 2017 and has earned $5,247,630 successful charismatic money, per nan tour.