One-time LIV winner admits he’s completely changed since leaving the league after losing motivation

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LIV Golf completely changed the golfing landscape in 2022 when the Saudi-backed league burst onto the scene to compete directly with the PGA Tour.

Numerous big-name players left the PGA Tour to join LIV three years ago in news that stunned the golfing world.

Interestingly, that was not the first time a breakaway league formed.

Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer broke away from the PGA Tour of America and helped form and establish the PGA Tour, but not quite as we know it today.

The purses on the PGA Tour have risen exponentially since its inception, especially over the past few years.

LIV’s emergence has forced the PGA Tour to act regarding the way in which they distribute their funds, and that proves that new competition is mostly a good thing.

Despite continued negotiations between the two parties, it has been claimed that a merger between LIV and the PGA Tour will not happen.

One-time LIV winner admits he’s completely changed since leaving the league

While there are definitely some positives that have been borne from LIV’s inception, there are plenty of negatives as well.

Eugenio Chacarra was ranked as the number two amateur in the world in 2022 before he turned pro and immediately joined LIV.

It didn’t take the Spaniard long to win either.

He reigned supreme at LIV Bangkok in October 2022 after shooting rounds of 65, 63 and 69 to finish up on 19-under par for the tournament.

Chacarra then played on the LIV circuit in 2023 and 2024 before leaving to join the DP World Tour, where he won the Hero Indian Open in March of this year.

And now the 25-year-old has opened up on how much he has changed since leaving the LIV Golf league, when speaking to golf magazine Bunkered.

The talented Spaniard said: “I was losing a little motivation.

“Once you win out there, it’s just money, you know? If I won individually, I saw nothing change. Once you have a lot of money, this doesn’t matter. So I was losing a lot of motivation to get better and practise. That’s why my last year in LIV was a little bad golf-wise and mental-wise as a person.

“I don’t know if it was watching the majors on the sofa instead of having a chance to be there. I don’t know what it really was for sure but I was losing motivation to get better. Maybe too comfortable. And that’s what my team thought. And I’m glad they told me that because I’m a completely different guy, I’m a completely different person now.”

“I’m a totally different guy [now]. I mean, I’ve lost 20 pounds. Every day we work and grind to one day become one of the best players in the world. I love being around the best players, seeing what they do and what I can learn. I’m excited to show the world that I can be one of them soon. I won’t stop until I get all my goals done.”

Those comments from Chacarra really are a damning indictment of LIV Golf and many players on the Saudi-backed golf league must share similar feelings.

Eugenio Chacarra’s DP World Tour results in 2025

There is a feeling amongst golfing circles that Chacarra could be a real star of the future.

He has actually performed really well this season and has thrilled the galleries with his high-octane and fully committed performances.

Here are his results on the DP World Tour so far this year:

Considering that 2025 has been Chacarra’s first season on the DP World Tour, his results have actually been fairly impressive.

He has the kind of game that is conducive to achieving huge success at the very highest level, thanks to his length off the tee and impressive iron play.

It will be very interesting to monitor his progress over the next few years.