The 2024 US Open Champion has, without question, had a terrible 2026 season when it comes to performances in major tournaments.Three missed cuts at the first three events of the year at The Masters, PGA Championship at Aronimink, and US Open at Shinnecock Hills.For a player with a ceiling as high as DeChambeau's, that's unacceptable.
It's also opened himself up to criticism from analysts and commentators who have taken issue with his YouTube channel and, in their view, inability to adjust to different styles of play.GOLF LEGEND NICK FALDO UNLOADS SCATHING CRITICISM ON BRYSON DECHAMBEAU AMID MAJOR TOURNAMENT STRUGGLESNick Faldo, six-time major winner and three-time Champion Golfer of the Year, was very specific in his assessment of DeChambeau's game, saying he doesn't focus enough on strategy when playing links courses.Bryson DeChambeau during a practice round for the U.S.Open golf tournament in Southampton, N.Y.
(Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)"That’s a whole part of the story, how they’re superstars at LIV then come over and can’t do it.So that’s all another story.
Then they go back to be superstars.He has — I’d say it to his face — he has zero clue of strategy," Faldo told Sky Sports earlier this week.
"He said it last year I think on TV: ‘I’m going to go out and attack the links.’ Well, I’ve never attacked a links.You thread it, don’t you? You feed it down the fairway."You look at humps and bumps and what have you and think, ‘If I send it over and feed it, it nudges back into play.’ You don’t think, ‘I’ll just bomb it down there, can’t see where I’m going, it’s 20 yards wide.’ Oh yeah, good luck."BRYSON DECHAMBEAU POSTS 3-UNDER 67 AT ROYAL BIRKDALE TO SILENCE CRITICS AFTER THREE STRAIGHT MISSED MAJOR CUTSBrandel Chamblee added that he believed DeChambeau's struggles are a result of focusing too much on chasing "Grant Horvat" and other YouTube golf priorities."Probably one of the biggest surprises of the year is Bryson D...