section_path: Professional career/2022–2024: Move to LIV Golf, second U.S. Open Title
section_name: 2022–2024: Move to LIV Golf, second U.S. Open Title
paragraph_text: 2022–2024: Move to LIV Golf, second U.S. Open Title
  
  In February 2022, amid speculation that he was joining the Saudi -backed LIV Golf tour, DeChambeau released a statement committing to the PGA Tour. In April 2022, DeChambeau announced that he had surgery on his left wrist and would be taking the appropriate time to rest and recover. After missing the cut in the Memorial Tournament at the start of June, DeChambeau was again asked about LIV Golf, in which his answer suggested he would continue with the PGA Tour. However, a few days later on June 8, The Daily Telegraph reported that DeChambeau would be joining LIV Golf. On June 10, LIV Golf confirmed that DeChambeau had joined the tour.
  
  As a result of joining LIV Golf, Rocket Mortgage ended its sponsorship deal with DeChambeau. 911familiesunited.org, a coalition of families and survivors of the September 11 attacks, sent a scathing letter to representatives of DeChambeau as well as other LIV Golf members, expressing their outrage toward the golfers for participating in LIV Golf and accusing them of sportswashing and betraying the United States. In June 2023, DeChambeau stated in an interview with CNN that families of the victims the September 11 attacks should move forward "in forgiveness". He continued, stating "We'll never be able to repay the families back for what exactly happened just over 20 years ago, and what happened is definitely horrible... We're in a place now where it's time to start trying to work together to make things better together as a whole."
  
  In August 2023 at The Greenbrier, DeChambeau won his first tournament on LIV Golf. He followed up a 61 in the second round, with a new tour record of 58 in the third and final round, which also tied the record for lowest round in an elite-level men's professional golf tournament.
  
  In September, he won his second tournament on the LIV tour, at LIV Golf Chicago. He shot a final-round 63, including a 28 on the back nine, to win by one stroke.
  
  At the 2024 PGA Championship, DeChambeau shot a final round 7-under par 64, which included a birdie on the 72nd hole, to tie leader Xander Schauffele. Schauffele then went on to birdie the 72nd hole himself to win by one stroke.
  
  At the 2024 U.S. Open, DeChambeau got up and down from 55 yards away in the bunker on the 72nd hole to win his second major title, shooting 6-under for the tournament, one stroke ahead of Rory McIlroy. The broadcast of the tournament featuring DeChambeau's battle against McIlroy drew a peak viewership of 11.4 million, the highest since the 2015 U.S. Open.
  
  In February 2022, amid speculation that he was joining the Saudi -backed LIV Golf tour, DeChambeau released a statement committing to the PGA Tour. In April 2022, DeChambeau announced that he had surgery on his left wrist and would be taking the appropriate time to rest and recover. After missing the cut in the Memorial Tournament at the start of June, DeChambeau was again asked about LIV Golf, in which his answer suggested he would continue with the PGA Tour. However, a few days later on June 8, The Daily Telegraph reported that DeChambeau would be joining LIV Golf. On June 10, LIV Golf confirmed that DeChambeau had joined the tour.
  
  As a result of joining LIV Golf, Rocket Mortgage ended its sponsorship deal with DeChambeau. 911familiesunited.org, a coalition of families and survivors of the September 11 attacks, sent a scathing letter to representatives of DeChambeau as well as other LIV Golf members, expressing their outrage toward the golfers for participating in LIV Golf and accusing them of sportswashing and betraying the United States. In June 2023, DeChambeau stated in an interview with CNN that families of the victims the September 11 attacks should move forward "in forgiveness". He continued, stating "We'll never be able to repay the families back for what exactly happened just over 20 years ago, and what happened is definitely horrible... We're in a place now where it's time to start trying to work together to make things better together as a whole."
  
  In August 2023 at The Greenbrier, DeChambeau won his first tournament on LIV Golf. He followed up a 61 in the second round, with a new tour record of 58 in the third and final round, which also tied the record for lowest round in an elite-level men's professional golf tournament.
  
  In September, he won his second tournament on the LIV tour, at LIV Golf Chicago. He shot a final-round 63, including a 28 on the back nine, to win by one stroke.
  
  At the 2024 PGA Championship, DeChambeau shot a final round 7-under par 64, which included a birdie on the 72nd hole, to tie leader Xander Schauffele. Schauffele then went on to birdie the 72nd hole himself to win by one stroke.
  
  At the 2024 U.S. Open, DeChambeau got up and down from 55 yards away in the bunker on the 72nd hole to win his second major title, shooting 6-under for the tournament, one stroke ahead of Rory McIlroy. The broadcast of the tournament featuring DeChambeau's battle against McIlroy drew a peak viewership of 11.4 million, the highest since the 2015 U.S. Open.