{"id":581956,"date":"2026-04-04T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581956\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:33:10","slug":"brandel-chamblee-questions-liv-golf-stats-of-bryson-dechambeau-and-jon-rahm-ahead-of-the-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581956\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandel Chamblee Questions LIV Golf Stats Of Bryson DeChambeau And Jon Rahm Ahead Of The Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of The Masters, Brandel Chamblee has launched his latest attack on LIV Golf, this time around the stats of Jon Rahm<\/a> and Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Golf Channel analyst was speaking on his and his wife Bailey\u2019s podcast, The Favorite Chamblee<\/a>, where he offered his thoughts on who could be in contention at The Masters.<\/p>\n

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Chamblee, who has frequently attacked LIV Golf since its launch in 2022, suggested there isn\u2019t a clear favorite this year, but put forward the names of PGA Tour stars Collin Morikawa<\/a> and Cameron Young<\/a> as potential Green Jacket<\/a> winners, before turning his attention to DeChambeau and Rahm.<\/p>\n

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So far this year, DeChambeau has two LIV Golf wins in its five events, while Rahm has one win and three runner-up finishes.<\/p>\n

However, while impressive, Chamblee isn\u2019t convinced those results tell the full story, citing their greens in regulation percentages as a big tell-tale sign.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cTheir statistics out there are just laughable to look at them. I\u2019ll try to put it in perspective. Bryson, he\u2019s played, like, five times this year. He\u2019s averaging right at 77% of the greens in regulation.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo put that into perspective, when he played the tour for five or six years, he averaged around 67% of the greens hit in regulation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTour leaders every year in greens regulation is usually around 72, 73%. When Tiger<\/a> had his historic year in 2000, he hit 75% of the greens. Nobody\u2019s ever hit a golf ball better than Tiger in 2000, and I can promise you, Bryson\u2019s not hitting his irons that good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bryson DeChambeau claimed his second LIV Golf win of the season in South Africa<\/p>\n

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For context, DeChambeau’s final PGA Tour season, in 2021\/22, saw him make 67.15% of greens in regulation.<\/p>\n

Incredibly, the Crushers GC captain doesn\u2019t even top the greens in regulation stats on LIV Golf this season, with Sergio Garcia<\/a> and Rahm both ahead of him, as Chamblee went on to point out.<\/p>\n

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“He\u2019s not even leading!” said Chamblee. “Jon Rahm is leading with 82.22% of the greens. This would be like Steph Curry shooting free throws through a hula hoop size goal and peacocking around like he\u2019s, you know, better than he\u2019s ever been.<\/p>\n

“So, you know, the numbers are just, you know, they\u2019re dubious, and you kind of look at them askance, and you\u2019re like, you can\u2019t make heads or tails of those.\u201d<\/p>\n

A look at the stats suggests Chamblee has a point. For example, so far in 2026 on the PGA Tour, Johnny Keefer leads the greens in regulation rankings at 73.72%, almost 10% lower than Rahm.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, even in comparison to other LIV Golf seasons, Rahm and DeChambeau\u2019s percentages are inflated so far this year.<\/p>\n

For example, in 2025, Rahm topped the list with 74.86% of greens in regulation, while DeChambeau was down in 10th on 69.17%. In 2024, Rahm led the way with 74.62%, with DeChambeau in eighth on 70.56%.<\/p>\n

Rahm\u2019s final season on the PGA Tour came in 2023, where he finished 14th on the greens in regulation rankings with 70.51%. On LIV Golf, DeChambeau was 15th with the same percentage.<\/p>\n

Going back to the first LIV Golf season, DeChambeau hit 69.44% of greens in regulation, placing him 23rd, while on the PGA Tour, Rahm stood at 71.59%, leaving him third.<\/p>\n

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Jon Rahm has one win and three runner-ups on LIV Golf this season<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A look at individual events also suggests that, this season at least, the courses are not as demanding on LIV Golf as the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

For example, on the PGA Tour this season, five of the 12 events finished without a player breaching 80% of greens in regulation.<\/p>\n

In contrast, all five LIV Golf events saw that percentage bettered, with 10 achieving it in Riyadh, winner Anthony Kim managing it in Adelaide<\/a>, 15 players breaching 80% in Hong Kong, Rahm doing so in Singapore and 12 achieving it in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Despite Chamblee clearly believing that courses on LIV Golf are not as demanding as those on the PGA Tour, he did acknowledge that both Rahm, who won The Masters in 2023, and DeChambeau, who placed in the top 10 in the last two editions, will go into it among the favorites to take the title.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt though that they\u2019re elite players. Bryson hasn\u2019t been impoverished by going to LIV, unlike every other player has been and that includes Jon Rahm, so you would put them among the favorites, but it\u2019s tough to really get your arms around how well they are in fact playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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