Brandel Chamblee dismisses LIV Golf, says the Saudi-backed tour won’t have a legacy

It is no secret that Brandel Chamblee is one of the biggest critics of LIV Golf and the golf analyst has never shied away from blasting the Saudi-backed league. His recent appearance on Dan Rapaport’s YouTube video was proof as much.

Chamblee was part of the Dan on Golf’s latest episode on Monday (March 24). Last week, the former had criticized LIV Golf’s reportedly poor TV ratings on his X account. Rapaport and Chamblee discussed about the post in the video.

Rapaport said while LIV Golf had “accomplished their mission” by signing several notable players from the PGA Tour in the four years that the league has been active, the viewership has left a lot to be desired.

Dan Rapaport asked Brandel Chamblee whether he believed the breakaway league would still continue running. While framing the question, the former also mentioned that Alan Shipnuck had claimed that the PGA Tour didn’t appear to be as enthusiastic about making the peace deal with the breakaway league as it was a few years ago.

Chamblee said:

“I disagree with you that they haven’t accomplished their mission. I think it was always the case. They were going to be able to buy some of these players, they had billions and unlimited funds. So that was a given. What was not a given was that they were going to create a product that was going to resonate (or) that was going to interest people. That was going to compel people to spend part of their day to watch a sport,”

The golf analyst futher added that the Saudi-backed league is not adding as much to the sport from a “legacy standpoint”.

People only really watch sports that matter. You’ve only got so many hours in a day to invest in the entertainment aspects of watching a sport. I don’t think there’s any sense that anything that they’re doing on LIV matters historically or will matter from a legacy standpoint

Brandel Chamblee confirmed that people have better general knowledge of PGA Tour events than LIV Golf events.

Experts within the golf industry could accurately identify the winners of all Tour events throughout this current year. People will definitely struggle to provide this information about LIV events unless they belong to the golf industry that provides such extensive details.

The next competition staged by LIV Golf takes place at Trump National Doral Golf Course in Miami starting from April 4 until April 6.