Bryson DeChambeau signs a multi-year Swag Golf apparel deal Monday

Bryson DeChambeau turns his Swag Golf headcover partnership into a multi-year apparel deal on Monday, a day after he says he is moving on from LIV Golf. Dustin Johnson's agent says a path back to top-level golf is in the works, and WTGL plays its second match tonight.

Platforms

Motor City Golf Club debuts in WTGL tonight at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens against 1-0 Los Angeles, at 8 p.m. Eastern on ION. Jeeno Thitikul, Ronni Yin and Lexi Thompson play for Motor City. Michelle Wie West, Aki Iwai and Kiara Romero play for Los Angeles. The league's match preview sets the singles: Thitikul against Wie West, Yin against Iwai, and Thompson against Romero, starting on the new SOS par 3.

Build & Gear

DeChambeau will wear Swag apparel at every professional event and in his content, Swag says. The collection drops Nov. 19 at SWAGGolf.com and, in stores, only at Dick's Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy. He keeps Reebok shoes, Josh Carpenter of Sports Business Journal says, and Golf Digest expects the new look first at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in December. Four blind-bag "Golden Headcovers" win a day on his Break 50 YouTube shoot.

MyGolfSpy robot-tests two painted Vice balls. Turning a Pro Neon Sunset 180 degrees moves its average landing spot 8.5 yards, and 11 of 12 balls shift the same way. The Pro Tan moves 4.8 yards the other way. Carry stays within 1.2 yards across finishes, and the USGA's symmetry test checks only carry and hang time, so the sideways shift goes unmeasured, the lab writes.

Courses & Play

The inaugural Austin Championship runs Nov. 12-15 on the Fazio Canyons course at Omni Barton Creek, 7,451 yards and par 72, for a $6 million purse (PGA Tour, Mintz Golf). Ben James withdraws after his Cabo playoff loss, and Jimmy Stanger takes his spot. Michael Kim, Tom Hoge and Beau Hossler are also out, per Golf Channel. Blades Brown plays, and so does sponsor invite Miles Russell, Golfweek reports.

Creators

Internet Invitational Episode 5 is out, the second-to-last of the series (Internet Invitational, ForePlay). Paige Spiranac signs off with "Team white forever" and thanks Barstool. Good Good's road series reaches Day 43 in Texas.

Swing Lab

4golfonline posts a video on driver setup mistakes that cost tee shots.

The Game

Johnson's agent tells Bob Harig that "the wheels are in motion" for a return to the highest level of competition after LIV's exit. GolfMagic and AOL both credit Harig, and neither reports a decision on where he plays.

The Supreme Court disbars Larry Klayman from practice before it, in its Monday order list, after suspending him in June (Washington Times). Golf knows him as Patrick Reed's lawyer in a $750 million defamation suit, NUCLR Golf notes.

Russell, 18, wins AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year for a third time and joins Phil Mickelson as the only three-time boys winner. Asterisk Talley, 17, wins the girls award for the first time (AJGA, Golfweek).

Coming up and why it matters

• Tonight, 8 p.m. Eastern: Motor City plays Los Angeles on ION. Los Angeles tries to go 2-0, and Thompson gets her first WTGL start, per the league's viewing guide.
• Nov. 12-15: the Austin Championship, the penultimate FedExCup Fall event, gives players near the bubble one of their last two chances.
• Nov. 12-15: the LPGA plays The ANNIKA at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, the last stop before the CME Group finale.