Bryson DeChambeau told his LIV Golf stats are "laughable" ahead of The Masters

Former PGA Tour winner turned Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee has questioned Bryson DeChambeau's form ahead of the first men's major of the year. 

DeChambeau, 32, will make his 10th trip to Augusta National next week for the 2026 Masters Tournament. 

The LIV Golf recruit, who earned low amateur honours in his tournament debut in 2016, appears to be getting to grips with the Georgia layout in recent years. 

After missing consecutive cuts in 2022 and 2023, DeChambeau has posted back-to-back top 10 finishes.

DeChambeau played in the final group alongside reigning champion Rory McIlroy 12 months ago but blew his chances after finding the water at the 11th hole. 

He will arrive to Augusta in good form, having earned two LIV Golf victories so far this season. On both occassions, DeChambeau emerged the winner after a sudden-death playoff. 

But Chamblee, unsurprisingly, believes DeChambeau's statistics don't paint a true picture. 

"Their [LIV Golf's] statistics out there are just laughable to look at," Chamblee said on the most recent edition of his podcast. 

"I'll try to put it in perspective. Bryson, he's played, like, five times this year. He's averaging right at 77 per cent of the greens in regulation.

"To put that into perspective. When he played the [PGA] Tour for five or six years, he averaged around 67 per cent of the greens hit in regulation.

"Tour leaders every year in greens regulation is usually around 72, 73 per cent. When Tiger had his historic year in 2000, he hit 75 per cent of the greens."

Chamblee added: "Nobody's ever hit a golf ball better than Tiger in 2000, and I can promise you, Bryson's not hitting his irons that good.

"And he's not even leading! Jon Rahm is leading with 82.22 per cent of the greens in regulation.

"This would be like Steph Curry shooting free throws through a hula hoop size goal and peacocking around like he's, you know, better than he's ever been.

"So, you know, the numbers are just, you know, they're dubious, and you kind of look at them askance, and you're like, you can't make heads or tails of those."

What has Bryson DeChambeau said about his chances?

In recent weeks, DeChambeau has spoken of his optimism about getting into to contention to clinch his first green jacket. 

Before the 2020 Masters, DeChambeau caused a storm by suggesting that with his length Augusta National was "a par 67". 

He later expressed regret over making the comment, saying it was "a mistake". 

However, he believes he is finally learning how to play Augusta. 

Speaking to reporters in South Africa a few weeks ago, DeChambeau suggested he just needs to dial in his wedges to be fully prepared. 

"That's going to be a big thing for me," he said. 

"I'm starting to drive it well, starting to iron play it well, putting it really well.

"The last key for me is wedges and I’ve got a full bag of wedges I've been trying this week, different grinds, different weights, different shafts, different lengths, everything, kind of doing what I did back in '23 when I was just testing a bunch of drivers at the end of that year and then I found the driver that I'm still using today.

"Hopefully I find what works and it continues to stick. It helped last week, but this week is a little different conditions, as well. It's soft like last week but just different. Augusta is going to be different.

"I'm really focussed on my equipment getting dialled in."