Bryson DeChambeau's major championship woes given brutal assessment by former PGA Tour rival

Bryson DeChambeau's major championship woes have caught the attention Brooks Koepka. 

The two-time U.S. Open champion has recorded a pair of LIV Golf wins this season but has been abject in the men's majors. 

DeChambeau, 32, missed the cut at The Masters, PGA Championship and most recently the U.S. Open. 

The American decided against talking to the media after his abrupt exit at Shinnecock Hills two weeks ago but he did indulge his YouTube subscribers with a 34-assessment of his game and mindset amid the downturn in form. 

A crestfallen DeChambeau insisted that uncertainty over LIV's future and his passion for content creation was not affecting his performances, adding that he has worked harder than ever on his game since heading home early at Augusta National. 

Zire Golf were among those to share DeChambeau's video on Instagram and it caught the attention of his former LIV Golf peer and PGA Tour rival Koepka. 

Koepka simply replied: "Cool story". The cheeky two-word comment has already gained more than 5,000 likes. 

Historically, the duo have not seen eye-to-eye over the course of their careers, with the two engaging in a bit of a feud during their PGA Tour days. 

It all began when Koepka made a remark about DeChambeau's pace-of-play during the 2019 Northern Trust.

And the rivalry exploded during the 2021 PGA Championship when Golf Channel accidentally released raw footage of Koepka being interviewed, stopping mid-sentence and rolling his eyes as DeChambeau walked past after muttering a comment under his breath about starting putts on line. 

Despite the tension, the two were teammates for the 2021 Ryder Cup and even shared a hug after Team USA trounced Europe. 

They grew a lot closer after joining LIV, with Koepka explaining in February 2023 that their beef was squashed. "We talk all the time now," he said. 

And they even took par in a made-for-TV exhibition match. 

What did Bryson DeChambeau say about his game?

DeChambeau's most recent YouTube video laid bare his frustrations. 

He talked through every single shot of the 2026 U.S. Open and claimed he's worked harder than ever over the last few months.

"I mean, look, everybody's going to have their opinion on it," DeChambeau.

"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 his famous 12-under par final-round 58 at LIV Golf Greenbrier. 

"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 won't be back in action until next month's Open, whilst Koepka will tee up at Scottish Open a week before heading to Royal Birkdale.