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It's been a reliable 2026 for two-time awesome champion Bryson DeChambeau. Although he won doubly connected LIV Golf successful March, his awesome capacity is what will specify his season.
And those results haven't been good. At all. DeChambeau, for nan first clip successful his career, missed nan trim successful 3 consecutive majors: nan 2026 Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open.
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But you're only arsenic bully arsenic your past round, and DeChambeau yet has immoderate momentum going successful 2026. In nan first information of the Open Championship astatine Royal Birkdale, DeChambeau shared nan lead until he made a bogey connected his last hole.
Bryson DeChambeau waves to nan crowd during nan 154th Open Championship astatine Royal Birkdale. (Oisin Keniry/R&A)
Still, he managed to sprout a 3-under 67, putting himself successful awesome position to astatine slightest make nan trim and perchance contend for a awesome title again.
DeChambeau hadn't changeable nether par successful immoderate of his six awesome rounds successful 2026, truthful it was acold and distant his champion awesome information of nan year. He played successful nan aforesaid group pinch world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and vanished 1 changeable amended than Scheffler.
DeChambeau flashed nan agelong crippled that helped vault him into nan speech arsenic 1 of nan champion players successful nan world. With Royal Birkdale dried out, DeChambeau took advantage and played aggressively disconnected nan tee. Even though he deed only 5 of 14 fairways, nan 32-year-old American was 2nd successful nan section successful strokes gained: disconnected nan tee pursuing nan greeting wave.
Bryson DeChambeau tees disconnected connected nan 14th spread during nan first information of nan 154th Open Championship astatine Royal Birkdale. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
In 2024 and 2025, DeChambeau vanished wrong nan apical 10 successful six of his 8 awesome starts, including a triumph astatine nan 2024 U.S. Open and a brace of runner-up finishes astatine nan 2024 and 2025 PGA Championships.
He was being discussed successful nan aforesaid speech arsenic Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy arsenic 1 of nan champion golfers connected nan planet.
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But pinch nan early of LIV Golf up successful nan air, DeChambeau made comments implying he mightiness not return to nan PGA Tour should LIV Golf unopen down and could alternatively focus connected YouTube golf.
Former players and play analysts teed disconnected connected DeChambeau's comments, saying that his attraction connected YouTube play complete competitory master play affected his fields performance.
Bryson DeChambeau changeable a 3-under 67 successful nan Open Championship first information aft missing nan trim astatine nan Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open successful 2026. (Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)
Heading into the Open Championship, Nick Faldo said DeChambeau "has zero hint of strategy".
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Brandel Chamblee piled on: "It's almost for illustration he went from chasing Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy to chasing [YouTube golfer] Grant Horvat. It's for illustration he wants to outdo each YouTuber successful nan crippled of play alternatively of outplay everybody successful nan crippled of golf."
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DeChambeau, who usually makes himself disposable to nan media pursuing his rounds, declined to speak to reporters pursuing Thursday's performance.
But, for astatine slightest 1 time astatine nan Open Championship, DeChambeau looked a batch much for illustration Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy than Grant Horvat.
Whether he tin support it up remains to beryllium seen.
Dan Zaksheske is simply a newsman astatine OutKick.
