Bryson DeChambeau has set an example to all LIV Golf players when it comes to using their schedule to their advantage when the major championships come around.
Over the last two years, Bryson DeChambeau has been an outstanding performer in the four biggest events of the year.
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As well as winning the 2024 US Open, the Crushers captain has registered five more top 10s in his last eight major starts.
Two of those have come at The Masters, with DeChambeau finishing sixth in 2024 before going one better 12 months later.
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Of course, the latter result at Augusta National was something of a disappointment given that DeChambeau found himself in the final group on Sunday alongside Rory McIlroy.
The American did take the lead early on in the last round. However, he dropped five shots over a 10-hole stretch.
DeChambeau’s approach play was a big problem at Augusta. Of those who made the cut, just four players performed worse when it came to strokes gained approach, with the 32-year-old losing 0.89 to the field per round, according to Data Golf.
Trevor Immelman backed DeChambeau to win a major in 2025 if he could solve that issue. And it seems that he has taken that advice on board, judging by his comments to Flushing It this month.
“My iron play is usually one of the best things in my game and it really wasn’t that week. I’ve worked on my wedging now, and I figured out some cool little techniques to hopefully help my wedge play get better. So, I’m quite interested to see how that plays coming in next year,” he said.
“But, I’m very excited about my game heading into this year. I’m going to have a lot of new things that you’ll see, and it’ll be quite interesting to hear people’s opinions on them and hopefully, more importantly, it works.”
DeChambeau was speaking about the prospect of winning The Masters. With that, it is difficult not to draw parallels between his comments and what led to Rory McIlroy completing the Career Grand Slam this year.
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It did appear that McIlroy’s preparation for the 2025 Masters began in the final months of the previous year, with the Northern Irishman saying in November that he had locked himself away in a simulator to work on his swing.
“Yeah, I probably haven’t liked the shape of my golf swing for a while, especially the backswing. The only way I was going to make a change or at least move in the right direction with my swing was to lock myself in a studio and not see the ball flight for a bit and just focus entirely on the movement,” he said.
“So did that for three weeks after the Dunhill. Started to get outside and hit some shots last week and see how it is.”
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The improvement McIlroy had made to his game became particularly apparent with the sublime tee shot he hit on 17 in his playoff with J.J. Spaun at The Players Championship. That was arguably one of the most important shots the 36-year-old hit all year.
McIlroy proved to be the best player in the field at The Masters when it came to his approach play, with 2.31 shots gained per round. That number becomes even more impressive when you consider the ridiculous wedge shot he hit into 13 in the last round.
That work he did in late 2024 seemed to be pivotal in McIlroy finally winning The Masters.
Given how close DeChambeau has come to winning at Augusta in spite of his iron and wedge game, perhaps there is reason to think that 2026 could indeed be his year if he has figured something out.