{"id":586071,"date":"2026-05-15T20:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/586071\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T20:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:10:10","slug":"bryson-dechambeau-suffers-concerning-blow-at-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/586071\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau suffers concerning blow at PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryson DeChambeau’s major championship woes deepened on Thursday as the two-time US Open winner posted a 6-over 76 in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old LIV Golf star finished the day in a tie for 130th place, sitting four strokes above the projected cut line of 3-over par.<\/p>\n

His struggles come just weeks after failing to make the weekend at Augusta National, raising the prospect of consecutive missed cuts at majors for the first time in recent years.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau endured an erratic afternoon, with wayward tee shots finding hospitality structures and the punishing Aronimink rough throughout his round.<\/p>\n

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Bryson DeChambeau has had a torrid time at the PGA Championship so far<\/p>\n

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His sole birdie arrived at the par-5 ninth, his final hole of the day.<\/p>\n

Following his round, DeChambeau bypassed the media and headed straight to the practice facility, where Golf Channel analyst Ryan Lavner observed him working through evident swing troubles.<\/p>\n

Lavner reported that the American remained on the driving range for close to an hour, going through three buckets of balls in an attempt to diagnose his issues.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Golf Channel Podcast with Rex and Lav, Lavner said: “He was clearly not comfortable with his swing. He started missing left, thought he had figured that out, and then all of a sudden started missing right. He absolutely could not figure it out.”<\/p>\n

The extended practice session highlighted the depth of DeChambeau’s technical concerns heading into Friday’s crucial second round.<\/p>\n

Yet Lavner indicated that DeChambeau’s ball-striking was not his primary concern from Thursday’s performance.<\/p>\n

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Bryson DeChambeau has been told his biggest issue is his “work around the green”<\/p>\n

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“The biggest issue for Bryson was not even his ball striking,” Lavner said. <\/p>\n

“That was mediocre or middling, it was his work around the greens. Up and down with just one in seven chances. He ended up losing a field worse three and a half shots around the green.”<\/p>\n

His co-host Rex Hoggard pointed to the 11th hole as a pivotal moment in DeChambeau’s unravelling.<\/p>\n

“He hit a horrible wedge shot, which bounced long and he ended up putting himself in an impossible position,” Hoggard said. <\/p>\n

“You can get angry at the green and your first putt which ran all the way off the green on the other side but you put yourself in that position.”<\/p>\n

CBS analyst Johnson Wagner raised broader questions about whether DeChambeau’s game is suited to challenging conditions at major championships.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on Golf on CBS’ YouTube channel, Wagner said: “Honestly, I don’t think he’s a very good wind player. He has a real issue bringing the flight down on shots.”<\/p>\n

Wagner pointed to DeChambeau’s record when the weather turns difficult, noting: “When conditions are perfect he’s one of the best in the game, but he’s shown a complete inability to adapt when things get tough.”<\/p>\n

The analyst also suggested external factors may be weighing on the American’s mind.<\/p>\n

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“There’s so many outside factors going on with a handful of these guys too,” Wagner said. “Where am I going to play? What am I going to do? I just don’t think it’s a full tear down. I mean, it is concerning. It’s very concerning.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau’s major championship woes deepened on Thursday as the two-time US Open winner posted a 6-over 76…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,2331,217,101,56,54,55,154037],"class_list":["post-586071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-us-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}