
Bryson DeChambeau has missed the cut in three of his last four major championship starts, forcing him to go back to the drawing board with his swing.
The two-time major champion recently made some tweaks to his iron swing, and they helped him fire a 5-under 65 in the first round of LIV Golf Korea to share the early lead. After the round, DeChambeau detailed what he's been working on to improve his iron play.
"I'm learning my golf swing a little bit more. I've changed my golf swing a little bit," DeChambeau told reporters at Asiad Country Club, per HITC. "I've been working on some hip turn stuff that’s allowed me to feel freer through impact. Still have a couple right misses every once in a while, but that seemed to allow me to ball strike it pretty well."
Irons and wedges have been major issues for DeChambeau this season. At the Masters, he lost 1.28 strokes on approach and 3.82 strokes from around the green in two rounds to miss the cut at +6. He also missed the cut at the PGA Championship after losing 0.03 strokes on approach and 4.16 strokes from around the green at Aronimink Golf Club.
DeChambeau has long been censured for his inconsistent approach to play. The quirky golfer famously uses irons and wedges with identical shaft lengths, which holds him back from becoming an elite ball-striker.
In 26 major championship appearances measured by Data Golf, DeChambeau has gained more than 5.0 true strokes on approach only four times. He won two of those four tournaments (2020 U.S. Open and 2024 U.S. Open). DeChambeau knows he has to improve with his irons and wedges if he wants to contend for more majors, and it sounds as if he's on his way.
Bryson scares Jon Rahm with a 191 mph tee shot at LIV Golf Korea
— 54 Golf (@_54Golf) May 28, 2026
DeChambeau is T1 after Round 1 pic.twitter.com/OdQodwGPAL
After two disappointing major championship performances to start the 2026 season, DeChambeau got back in the lab in an effort to upgrade his approach play.
"I'm just trying to get better with my golf swing," he said. "I really want to get back to what I was doing at Greenbrier, how comfortable I felt. I feel like I’m super close. Even like at Aronimink, even at the Masters, I just felt like I was knocking at the door one, two weeks before that, or both events before the Masters. I felt like I was right there, so close to playing some Greenbrier golf."
The "Greenbrier golf" DeChambeau is referring to is when he shot 61-58 at LIV Golf Greenbrier to win by six shots in 2023. That level of golf is still in him due to his elite driving and putting, but he needs to solve his iron and wedge issues if he wants to get back on top of the golf world.
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