Bryson DeChambeau breaks silence on disastrous major form: "Everybody says I'm the worst"

Bryson DeChambeau insists LIV Golf's uncertain future and his enthusiasm for content creation has not played a part in his poor showings at the men's majors in 2026. 

DeChambeau was expected to mount strong challenges to claim his third major title this summer but so far the American has reeled off missed cuts at The Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open. 

His poor form has coincided with growing uncertainty around the future of LIV Golf, which will no longer be backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund at the end of the season. 

DeChambeau has reportedly been heavily involved in efforts to save LIV by meeting with potential investors and delivering pitches alongside their under-pressure CEO, Scott O'Neil. 

But still some pundits, current and former tour players believe DeChambeau's form will improve if he were to dedicate himself solely to professional golf and perhaps return to the PGA Tour at some point. 

"I mean, look, everybody's going to have their opinion on it," DeChambeau said in a video posted on his YouTube channel on 27 June.  

"But I can tell you I've been working harder on my game this past year, after the Masters, than I have in the past three or four years. 

"The amount of effort I've put into understanding my golf swing and what makes that thing come out, what makes the golf club come out more effectively and more efficiently, is mind boggling. 

"But I haven't figured it out. I've been working with a great team. We just haven't cracked the code on why I did what I did at Greenbrier. If I had what I had at Greenbrier, I mean, yeah."

DeChambeau was referencing the 12-under par 58 he shot at LIV Golf Greenbrier in August 2023. 

He has a pair of LIV Golf wins this season but has come unstuck at each and every major. 

DeChambeau looked as though he was going to comfortably make the cut at the 2026 Masters but unravelled on the 18th hole. 

A 76 in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club ultimately proved too much to recover from. 

And at last week's U.S. Open, DeChambeau led an all-star cast of former champions who fell short at the halfway stage at Shinnecock Hills.

"We could say it's unlucky," added DeChambeau. "We could say bad judgement. We could say bad swings and all that. 

"But ultimately, it comes down to me making better decisions, having a couple of things go more my way, and me being more comfortable over the golf ball and not holding it off, and knowing why I have that miss, knowing why I'm missing it, and then working on speed with my putting, working on my wedges, getting a better combo so that it's not as erratic. 

"You know, even though I wasn't hitting it my best and off the tee [at the U.S. Open], I was still number one and driving off the tee, which is crazy. 

"My iron play is just something I got to work on, man. I got to get it better."

Asked what's next, DeChambeau said: "I put one foot in front of the other and keep going. There's not much more I can do than that. 

"Just last year, this time, before the US Open, I was one of the best major championship performers in the world. 

"Come one year later, everybody says I'm the worst. It just is what it is. Life, it's golf. 

"Things don't always go your way. But guess what? 

"Keep going. Humbling. Sucks to talk about this, but you know what? I just had to get it out there."

DeChambeau is not scheduled to play another event until the 2026 Open at Royal Birkdale. 

The final men's major of the year takes place over 16-19 July.