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

The PGA Tour stopped Weslie Bryan after playing in an event where he was LIV golfbacked two weeks ago.

Brian, but he has not commented on the tour. Q told the website on Mondayfirst reported the suspension. He showed that he would follow the tour appeal process without knowing how long it would last.

Brian, 35, is present, but not attended this week at the Corales Punta Cana Championship in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

On the schedule opposite RBC Heritage, Brian won his home country in 2017 with his only PGA Tour victory.

He no longer has full tour status, so he played in March in 2025 and missed two cuts. Brian is 169th in the FedExcup ranking (31 points), with official revenue of $75,068.

He and his brother, George, have become popular for creating content on their YouTube channel, and there is a video featuring trick shots. Wesley Bryan has attended two PGA Tour Influencer events over the past year, including March, Golf Digest reported.

The Brian brothers competed in a similar event run by Liv Golf, a week before Doral Masters was called “Duels: Miami.” George Bryan and LIV Tour partner Sergio Garcia won a nine-hole scramble in the first playoff hole.


Wesley Brian attacks the tee shot during an event translated to Liv Golf, called “Duels: Miami” on April 3, 2025. Getty Images

Featuring six LIV golfers and six YouTube creators, the event featured a $250,000 wallet Streamed on Grant Horvat’s YouTube channel.

According to the Monday Q Report, all creators were notified through a third party. The report says that the day after Duels was released on Horvatt’s channel, only Wesley Brian was stopped.

Brian told Q on Monday that he didn’t regret playing in the duel.

“That video is one of the most powerful videos on YouTube Golf,” Brian said. “We will support Grant through YouTube and continue to grow our game.”

He also thanked him for his career on the PGA Tour.

“The chances have been amazing over the last eight or nine years,” Brian said. “I am extremely grateful for that tour. I don’t want this to be the end of my professional golf career.”

Brian made 68 cuts in 134 career PGA Tour events, earning five top five finishes and nine top ten finishes.

Brian, a native of Columbia, South Carolina who played for the University of South Carolina, became a professional expert in 2012 and took the tour in 2017, earning official funding of $5,247,630 per tour.

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