Bryson DeChambeau makes announcement on eve of The Open Championship

Bryson DeChambeau has announced an expanded partnership with Google ahead of next week's Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, with the LIV Golf star embracing artificial intelligence to push the boundaries of both golf performance and personal health.

The two-time U.S. Open champion has worked with Google Cloud since 2023, using AI-powered technology to analyse his golf swing in extraordinary detail. Now, the collaboration is moving beyond the golf course as DeChambeau teams up with Google Health to explore how artificial intelligence and wearable technology can help optimise recovery, fitness and overall performance.

Bryson DeChambeau partners with Google Health

Google says the partnership will showcase how tools such as the new Fitbit Air and Google Health Coach can provide everyday users with the same actionable insights that elite athletes such as DeChambeau rely on, including real-time heart-rate trends, energy expenditure and recovery metrics.

"Unlocking peak performance doesn’t stop when Bryson steps off the course. It’s about understanding exactly how his body moves, recovers and responds to every physical challenge." - Google Health on its partnership with DeChambeau

Fresh off his new partnership with Google Health, the Crushers GC captain challenged his followers on social media with his latest Instagram Reel, which you can watch below. 

For DeChambeau, whose scientific approach to golf has become one of his defining traits, the move represents a natural progression.

The 32-year-old American has spent much of his career searching for marginal gains through technology, whether by studying physics, experimenting with custom-built clubs or analysing launch monitor data. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has now become another vital piece of that puzzle.

Since first teaming up with Google Cloud in 2024, DeChambeau has used AI to receive real-time biomechanical feedback on his golf swing, allowing him to identify subtle movement patterns and inefficiencies that are almost impossible to detect with the naked eye.

DeChambeau's ambition is to eventually bring that technology to golfers everywhere, developing an AI-powered coaching system capable of delivering personalised swing feedback through a smartphone in near real time.

"Technology is changing the way people play sport and I am always looking for a way to up my game," said DeChambeau.

"AI data learning and machine learning have been incredibly instrumental in helping me understand all the positions of my golf swing, the metrics and the biomechanics that are working and allow me to make decisions on what I need to improve.

"Once you know that, you can make an immediate change. It acts like a golf coach because it understands how your body performs best and tells you when you're outside those parameters.

"Getting that feedback allows us to personalise health, personalise performance and ultimately improve the way we play."

DeChambeau believes one of AI's greatest strengths is its ability to remove the gap between perception and reality.

"I could feel a certain way, but that perception doesn't always meet reality," he explained, revealing that AI analysis has exposed flaws in his swing that even years of elite coaching had failed to identify.

DeChambeau's new collaboration with Google Health also reflects his growing interest in performance away from the golf course. 

Rather than focusing solely on swing mechanics, the partnership will examine how the body moves, recovers and responds to physical demands, with Google hoping its health technology can bring professional-level insights to everyday users.

The announcement comes just days before DeChambeau tees it up in The Open at Royal Birkdale, the final men's major of the season.

DeChambeau will be looking to end a disappointing 2026 campaign despite winning twice on LIV Golf earlier this season.

He missed the cut at The Masters in April, PGA Championship in May and U.S. Open in June, meaning he has now failed to make the weekend in four of his last five major appearances.

There is also uncertainty surrounding his long-term future, especially with LIV Golf's bankrollers, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), confirming it will no longer fund the breakaway league past this season. 

DeChambeau's multi-year LIV Golf contract expires later this summer, although the American has repeatedly expressed his desire to remain with the league should it be able to continue with new investment. 

His hugely successful YouTube channel, now one of the fastest-growing in the sport, has also fuelled speculation over what the next chapter of his career might look like should things not work out on LIV Golf. 

DeChambeau has hinted he could consider a YouTube Golf career that is built around the four majors and other tournaments that want to invite him. 

For now, though, his attention is firmly fixed on Royal Birkdale, where he will hope the latest advances in AI can help him translate innovation into a much-needed major championship challenge.