Bryson DeChambeau winning Masters on Saudi probation “good for golf,” per Brad Faxon

Bryson DeChambeau winning Masters on Saudi probation “good for golf,” per Brad Faxon

Sunday at The Masters is one of the best days on the sporting calendar every year. There are always so many storylines, and this year is no exception.

One of them, of course, is LIV Golf and its presence near the top of the leaderboard. Bryson DeChambeau, who led the field after Thursday, saved his chances with an epic hole-out on 18 Saturday.

That moved him to within four shots of Scottie Scheffler’s lead entering the final round.

While most golf fans will not be pulling for the 2020 U.S. Open champion, Brad Faxon thinks it may just help the sport.

Faxon joined the set of Live from the Masters Sunday morning to detail his thoughts.

“The best thing for the game of golf right now would be for Bryson DeChambeau to win The Masters,” Faxon said.

“He’s a 30-year old, 8-time winner on the PGA Tour, right? And he’s a different human being right now, right? Two or three years ago when they signed up to go to LIV, and the way they have gone into witness protection program, four times a year they get out on probation… They play all over the world with almost nobody watching them play.”

“Why is this the best thing for golf if he wins?

“We have this huge divide between the PGA Tour and LIV Tour, and these guys when they come from LIV, this is what they want. They want to play against the best players in the world. What we have lost is our villains. We have lost the guys that make us root against somebody.”

Rivalries breed life into the sport of golf. Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer; Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson; fans are drawn to the television to see these titans go at it.

But seemingly everyone on the PGA Tour gets along with one another.

“We have lost rivalries. We have the best player in the world in Scottie Scheffler and he needs help creating something to make him more popular. I have no doubt that Scottie can win, but the best thing for golf would be if Bryson wins.”

Indeed, if a player from LIV Golf were to win the Green Jacket, it would only ramp up the rivalry between the tours. There is no end in sight for the division in the sport.

Ideally, all of the world’s best find a way to come together more than four times a year. Until that happens, this is the best it’ll get.

Kendall Capps is the Senior Editor of SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social media platforms.