"I was frustrated" - Inside Bryson DeChambeau's late night AI range session

Bryson DeChambeau told reporters how a chat with AI helped fix his golf swing during LIV Golf's stop in Korea.

Bryson DeChambeau
Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau has revealed he was using Google's Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to help fix his golf swing during a range session that went on late during LIV Golf's stop in Korea.

DeChambeau, 32, cut a frustrated figure at times during the breakaway tour's stop at Asiad Country Club. 

Although he was always in contention, the American believed something wasn't right and was spotted hitting balls in near darkness after the third round. 

Bryson DeChambeau finished third in Korea
Bryson DeChambeau finished third in Korea

Despite bouncing back with a five-under 65 on Sunday, the American's 11-under total saw him miss out on a playoff by one stroke.

"I was slamming the club in the ground trying to figure out what to do," DeChambeau said when asked why he was on the range in near darkness. 

"I was frustrated. Been trying everything in my body. I didn't actually figure it out on the range. 

"I went back and started talking to Gemini and trying to figure out just what it could be to passively make the club turn over. 

"Hands just felt like they were moving forward like this and I couldn't get the club to turn over. 

"Even if I tried to stop it here, it still wouldn't turn over.

"So I left kind of frustrated and learned later that night that I just needed to relax my grip pressure and let the thing just fold over naturally.

"I'm still working it out. I don't have the answer."

Bryson DeChambeau used Google's AI tool to help fix his golf swing
Bryson DeChambeau used Google's AI tool to help fix his golf swing

DeChambeau said he began the final round with "freer hands", adding: "I felt the club a lot better, and I felt like I could close the club a lot more effectively and then I started striping it.

"From then on out, I was able to kind of control it. 

"Still missed some wedges to the right coming in, which is kind of frustrating, but that’s just me holding on a little bit rather than just letting it go. I feel like I’m on the right path now."

DeChambeau has a pair of wins on LIV Golf this season but has missed the cuts in the two majors. 

It looked like he was going to comfortably make the 36-hole cut at the Masters but blew up in disastrous fashion at Augusta National's 18th in round two. 

DeChambeau was among the pre-tournament favourites to lift the Wanamaker Trophy at the PGA Championship but couldn't recover from a six-over 76 in round one at Aronimink Golf Club. 

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"That's the thing; this game is so brutal," DeChambeau said. "Missing two cuts at the majors and you feel like you're golden going in there, won a couple events and playing well, and this game can kick you when you're at your highest.

"It goes for all of us, not just me. It's everybody here. Everybody wants to win.

"I think that's the beautiful part about golf is that it can kick you when you're at your highest or it can bring you up when you're at your lowest, and yet we have to respect the game for that."

DeChambeau, who has admitted the uncertainty over LIV's future has added extra pressure in the majors, will get the opportunity to win his third U.S. Open next month. 

The third men's major of the year heads to Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York, over 18-21 June. 

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