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Bryson DeChambeau makes major off-course announcement before the Open

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Bryson DeChambeau is taking his data obsession off the golf course and into his own daily life. Right before the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, DeChambeau has expanded his partnership with Google.

"Pro golfer Bryson DeChambeau is known for analyzing every angle of his game. Now, the two-time major champion is partnering with Google Health to bring that same data-driven precision to his personal health and fitness," Google announced the partnership.

According to the announcement, DeChambeau has teamed up with Google Health to track and optimize his sleep, recovery, and everyday fitness.

They added in the same July 10 blog, "We’re collaborating to show how tools like the new Fitbit Air and the Google Health Coach can give people the same actionable, real-time insights—like heart rate trends, energy burn and recovery metrics—that pros rely on to play their best."

DeChambeau, a physics graduate from SMU, has always approached every swing as a physics problem, not just a feeling.

Over the years, he has built clubs with identical shaft lengths, experimented with 3D-printed club heads at the 2026 Masters, and even added roughly 40 pounds of muscle purely to hit the ball farther.

So the recent partnership is a natural next step for DeChambeau. The pro golfer has already been working with Google Cloud since September 2025 to break down his golf swing frame by frame, using AI. Now that partnership extends into how his body recovers between rounds.

But even before the Google Cloud partnership, DeChambeau first started leaning on video-based swing analysis through Sportsbox AI in 2024.

Fresh off his new partnership with Google Health, DeChambeau already posted an Instagram reel attempting to break a 5.0-second 40-yard dash.

He highlighted how his new Gemini-powered Google Health Coach accurately predicted his dash time and tested it using the Google Fitbit Air. He also challenged his followers to tag him in their best attempts to beat his time.

How AI already bailed Bryson DeChambeau out once this year

At the 2026 LIV Golf Korea, DeChambeau stumbled with a one-over 71 on Saturday. He then turned to Google’s Gemini late that night while trying to fix his swing and grip pressure.

“I spent some long hours on the range trying to figure some stuff out and I was talking to AI quite a bit last night trying to go through some different physics principles that makes the club turn over, having some alpha torque and gamma torque put in there,” DeChambeau said, according to bunkered.co.uk. “I was like, ‘What makes that possibly do that?’ And was talking about just grip pressure and tension.”

The next day, he shot a five-under 65, finishing one shot outside a playoff.

Unfortunately, that form didn't carry over cleanly into the next stages as DeChambeau missed the cut at the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

After back-to-back individual wins at LIV Golf Singapore and LIV Golf South Africa, DeChambeau arrived at the Masters as one of the pre-tournament favorites, but missed the cut after shooting a 6-over-par total.

The PGA Championship performance a month later was even worse. DeChambeau shot 76-71 at Aronimink to finish seven over and miss the cut again.

In eight tries at The Open Championship, he has never finished in the top five. And he missed the cut in his tournament debut at the same course back in 2017.

Now, the 2x Major Champion will arrive at Royal Birkdale with an expectation of making the weekend in the majors for the first time this season, some heavy history, and with a new partnership.

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Written by

Md Saife Fida

Edited by

Arundhoti Palit