If Wesley Bryan wants to get back in the good graces of the PGA Tour, he isn't off to a great start.
The part-time professional golfer and full-time YouTuber, who was suspended by the PGA Tour in April for participating in a LIV Golf event in Miami, apparently isn't done partnering with the rival golf league.
On Thursday, LIV Golf posted a promotional video on social media advertising four more editions of "The Duels." The first player shown in the video? Yep, you guessed it. Wesley Bryan.
Expert-level trolling—we'll give them that.
In the video, LIV Golf announced four new sites for "The Duels" this year: Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia (June 6-8), Maridoe Golf Club in Dallas (June 27-29), JCB Golf and Country Club in Uttoxeter, England (July 25-27), and Bolingbrook Golf Club in the Chicago area (Aug. 8-10).
LIV Golf also announced The Duels Virginia will air on the Bryan Bros Golf YouTube channel, which Wesley runs with his brother, George.
The Duels Miami, which aired on the Grant Horvat Golf YouTube channel, racked up more than a million views in the first 24 hours and is nearing 2.5 million total views.
In the first match, Wesley teamed up with Dustin Johnson, while other pairings included George Bryan and Sergio Garcia, Horvat and Phil Mickelson, Luke Kwon and Bubba Watson, Rick Shiels and Joaquin Niemann, and Nick "Fat Perez" Stubbe and Cameron Smith. George and Garcia took home the victory.
Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, and others were featured in the promotional video, possibly hinting at bigger matches in the future.
Wesley Bryan might never play on the PGA Tour again
"The Duels" series is great for all these YouTubers looking to grow their channels, but Bryan fits in a different bucket than the rest. Bryan has played in 156 PGA Tour events in his career, and he was playing on a part-time status before the tour suspended him for teaming up with LIV Golf.
In the PGA Tour's mind, it was no different than a player deciding to leave the tour for the Saudi-backed league. Commissioner Jay Monahan decided to suspend any player who left for LIV Golf, and the same ruling was applied to Bryan for participating in "The Duels."
Bryan's decision to continue playing in the LIV Golf-YouTube crossover might signal his contentment with his current situation moving forward. The Bryan Bros Golf channel has nearly 600,000 subscribers, and it would be tough for Bryan to chase full-time status on the PGA Tour while creating videos for the channel every week.
By continuing his partnership with LIV Golf, Bryan is hurting his chances of ever getting back on the PGA Tour. Only, he might not care.