Brandel Chamblee has been a strong supporter of the PGA Tour and a fierce critic of LIV Golf over the past few years.

Chamblee has arguably been LIV Golf‘s most outspoken detractor over the past few years, so he undoubtedly would have been happy to see the league fold on Thursday.

But what now for the PGA Tour? Hopefully we will see the likes of the brilliant Jon Rahm, the long-hitting Bryson DeChambeau and highly talented Chilean Joaquin Niemann competing back on the best tour in the world very soon.

However, there is an argument that because of LIV Golf, the PGA Tour has evolved into a model that is almost unsustainable financially.

Whether or not we return to some kind of normality somewhere down the line remains to be seen. With LIV Golf now going into liquidation, we may see the PGA Tour act in that regard.

Chamblee was relieved to see LIV Golf collapse, but he does have one big concern about the future of the PGA Tour which has been brought about purely because of the former Saudi-backed league’s existence.

Brandel Chamblee makes concerning PGA Tour prediction after LIV Golf folds

Chamblee took to his official X account on Friday and responded to claims that the PGA Tour could part ways with some of the most iconic venues from 2028 onwards.

PGA Tour players may be wealthier because of LIV, but the PGA Tour, I would argue, is much poorer because of LIV,“ Chamblee began.

“Iconic events relegated to qualifying status, fewer tour cards, smaller fields, players who think this is good, players who confuse better compensation with better competition.

“I’m afraid it will be a slow erosion of excellence, where each compromise seems inconsequential, but the cumulative effect is the quiet destruction of what made the product exceptional.“

It must be said, the suggestions that the likes of Colonial Country Club and Riviera could be absent from the PGA Tour calendar from 2028 onwards is a huge concern.

The point about the unsustainable finances in the game now is a very important conversation that everyone involved with the PGA Tour needs to have.

However, the expected removal of some of the most famous old layouts from the 2028 schedule is an easier and far more straightforward debate to tackle.

Surely we as fans do not want to see those prestigious old golf courses fall by the wayside, and the same goes for the players. So who are these changes meant to benefit?

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp will almost certainly face some difficult questions when the entire 2028 schedule is officially announced.