Report: PGA Tour pro ‘suspended indefinitely’ for having played in ‘The Duels’ LIV Golf event

One-time PGA Tour winner and YouTube golf star Wesley Bryan has been “suspended indefinitely” by the PGA Tour for having competed in ‘The Duels: Miami’ on LIV Golf earlier this month.

Tour pro and YouTuber Wesley Bryan has been “suspended indefinitely” by the PGA Tour for having participated in ‘The Duels: Miami’, according to Monday Q Info. 

Bryan, 35, lost his full PGA Tour card last season but has been playing on invites as a past champion following his victory at the 2017 RBC Heritage.

That tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links at Hilton Hilton Island in South Carolina takes place on the PGA Tour this week.

Bryan was initally supposed to be competing in this week’s other PGA Tour event, the Corales Puntacana Championship, but those plans recently had to change after he was “suspended indefinitely” by the circuit.

The reason?

All because Bryan decided to rock up and play in The Duels: Miami, a YouTube match filmed during LIV Golf Miami just before The Masters.

Bryan played alongside LIV Golf star and two-time major champion Dustin Johnson.

They went on to finish fifth in the six-team event at Trump Doral.

Bryan’s brother George went on to win the event alongside record Ryder Cup points scorer Sergio Garcia.

The nine-hole scramble event was filmed on Grant Horvat’s YouTube channel.

The video went live the day after the event, and it’s since had 2m views.

Bryan and his brother George not so long ago started a YouTube channel called Bryan Bros Golf.

The Bryan Bros have very quickly grown in popularity and the channel has amassed more than 500k subscribers.

According to Monday Q Info, Bryan is staying at the Puntacana Resort this week with his family and sharing a rental home with PGA Tour member Ben Martin and his family, despite no longer being able to play in the tournament.

“We had this vacation planned for months, so I decided we would still come down,” said Bryan.

“It’s been a long time since we had a family vacation where golf wasn’t involved.”  Wesley Bryan [The Duels: Miami]

Monday Q Info reports that Bryan was placed on probation the day after The Duels: Miami was announced in March.

The report adds: “According to multiple sources, all of the creators were informed through a third party that there was potential for disciplinary action from the PGA Tour, including being excluded from any PGA Tour-affiliated events and content going forward.

“Multiple sources say the threats were later withdrawn except for the potential disciplinary notice to Bryan.

“Bryan was suspended the day after The Duels match was posted on Horvat’s YouTube channel.”

When asked by Monday Q Info whether he had any regrets competing in The Duels: Miami on LIV Golf, Bryan replied: “No, I don’t have regrets.”

Bryan continued: “That video is one of the most powerful videos in YouTube golf.

“We are going to continue to support Grant and grow the game through YouTube.”

Bryan is now going to appeal his suspension and will follow all PGA Tour guidelines set in place.

It remains unknown when Bryan will be able to return to play in PGA Tour events.

Bryan has played in four majors during his career (one at each major between 2017-18) but he missed the cut in all of them.

But now here’s where it gets real interesting…

YouTube golf sensation Horvat, who hosted The Duels Miami on his own YouTube channel, has today confirmed he has been invited by the PGA Tour to compete in the Barracuda Championship (Reno-Tahoe Open) this summer.

That event takes place from 17-20 July during the same week as the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland.

Horvat admits he is currently “on the fence” as to whether accept the invite and compete in the modified Stableford event.

Some golf fans are encouraging him to go for it, while others think he should decline it and let a seasoned Tour pro in the field instead.

Bryan added to Monday Q Info he is “extremely grateful” to the PGA Tour for all the playing opportunities he has been afforded in recent times.

He had been invited to play in three PGA Tour events so far in 2025.

Bryan missed the cut at both The American Express and Puerto Rico Open, but he did finish a respectable T25 at the Farmers Insurance Open.

The decision to suspend Bryan from future PGA Tour events, as a result of his partnership with a LIV Golf event made for YouTube, would very much suggest the professional game is nowhere near from being unified once again.