Bryson DeChambeau is under enormous pressure just to make the cut at The Open Championship after failing to get through to the weekend at any of the first three majors of 2026.
It had previously appeared that DeChambeau had found the magic formula when it came to contending at the majors. He finished inside the top 10 at six of the eight majors across 2024 and 2025.
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However, he has now missed four cuts in his last five major starts. And the worry for DeChambeau is that there is not a lot going for him this week at Royal Birkdale.
Bryson DeChambeau will make history with a missed cut at The Open Championship
DeChambeau’s record at The Open Championship is modest, while he has not played in a single tournament since missing the cut at the US Open last month.
Unfortunately, the LIV Golf star will make history if he fails to make the cut this week.
According to Justin Ray on X, DeChambeau is in contention to become the first multiple major champion to miss all four major cuts in the same year before turning 40.
He posted: ‘Since the first Masters in 1934, no multiple-major winner under age 40 has missed the cut in all 4 of the majors in a season. Pre-1970, a very small number of players actually competed in all 4 every year. Pre-1960, it’s even more rare. But modern era it’s never happened.‘
Ray also wrote: ‘Bryson DeChambeau is 0-for-3 making cuts in majors this season entering The Open. The last time a multiple-major champion started all 4 majors in a season and missed all 4 cuts: 1998, when both Tom Watson and Ben Crenshaw both did it.‘
Why Bryson DeChambeau will quickly see the upside in another weekend off at the majors
DeChambeau will tee off on Thursday desperate to put himself in contention and win the Claret Jug. That would certainly silence all of us who have questioned him over the last 18 months.
However, DeChambeau sees himself as golf’s ultimate showman. It was remarkable to see just how popular he was when he won the US Open at Pinehurst back in 2024, considering that it was Rory McIlroy who lost out.
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He will know just how much attention he will get if he misses a fourth straight cut in the majors.
A lot of that attention will be negative. DeChambeau will receive so much criticism for what should be considered a wasted year in his career.
But he may also see an opportunity. DeChambeau has redeemed himself in the eyes of golf fans once before, having ended up as the villain during his feud with Brooks Koepka.
There are plenty of fans who would get on board with following the storyline of DeChambeau attempting to become a major championship heavyweight once again.
And no one can deny the storyline becomes much stronger if he only plays two rounds at Birkdale.
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