Bryson DeChambeau arrived at Shinnecock Hills hoping to play the weekend after missing the cuts at the Masters and the PGA Championship earlier in the year.

But after shooting 70-75, DeChambeau failed to make the weekend and avoided the media completely.

But a week later, in a 34-minute video posted on his YouTube channel, titled "I've missed 3 straight cuts… let's talk about it," DeChambeau explained every single shot of his two rounds at Shinnecock Hills.

"I've been wanting to do this for a little bit now," he said on his YouTube channel, @Bryson DeChambeau, to start the video.

"I think it's important for you guys, especially given that I show myself in different ways — whether it's entertaining on YouTube or playing professional golf. I want to do my best at every single event. The way I've played recently is not a true reflection."

The admission underscored his frustration with the recent slump and desire to address it directly.

Throughout the video, he explained how the softness of the greens and the wind confused his game.

But not everything started badly for the 2-time U.S. Open Champion.

DeChambeau made birdies early, and after playing 17 of his 18 holes on day 1, he was 1-under par. He even loved one early highlight from the week: a 427-yard drive on the par-4 12th hole.

But the bigger story of the week remains his struggle with the short game.

On his tenth hole of the event, his approach drifted left. He felt like the club was slipping on the face. He later finished the hole with a bogey-saving 26-foot putt on the final green of his first round.

Friday morning, things got worse. DeChambeau said his timing felt off on the range, especially in the way he was using the ground to start the swing. He said the “little right misses” got bigger and that the club stopped turning over the way it should.

DeChambeau’s tournament unraveled fast. After opening his second round with two pars, he made back-to-back double bogeys on holes 3 and 4. This effectively ended his week on the spot.

“That was my tournament,” Bryson DeChambeau said, since two of his majors came only at the US Open.

"It was really unfortunate the way that whole situation happened. I didn’t feel like I played that bad for that to happen, but you can’t do that at majors. You can’t make two doubles in a row."

DeChambeau's Final Verdict and the YouTube and LIV Questions

At the end of the video, someone off-screen asked him the questions the media would have asked after missing three back-to-back cuts for the first time in his career.

"Not good enough golf," he replied.

"We could say it's unlucky. We could say bad judgment.... Could say bad swings and all that. But ultimately it comes down to me making better decisions, having a couple things go more my way, and me being more comfortable over the golf ball."

He also pushed back hard on the idea that YouTube or his LIV Golf duties were the reason for the slump.

In the video, he said he has been working harder on his game over the last year than he has in the last three or four years. And he added the real issue is not effort but feeling, especially with wedges.

So what is next for DeChambeau?

He has one more major left in 2026: The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, scheduled for July 16-19, his final chance to come back into the major conversation.

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Written by

Md Saife Fida

Edited by

Koushik Biswas