Bryson DeChambeau claimed to be suffering from a problem which Scottie Scheffler just does not experience after the PGA Championship

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Bryson DeChambeau has suffered another near miss at a major championship as Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship.

DeChambeau said he was proud of Scheffler after his win at Quail Hollow, having secured the trophy with a five-shot victory.

And DeChambeau, who finished T5 at The Masters last month, was among a group of three to finish T2 in North Carolina.

The LIV Golf icon ended the PGA Championship on six-under, where he was joined by fellow Americans Harris English and Davis Riley.

Scheffler shocked Rex Hoggard en route to his PGA Championship win, which has immediately followed his success at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson.

Bryson DeChambeau suffering from problem that Scottie Scheffler doesn’t have

They represent his two PGA Tour wins of 2025 so far, with his fellow American DeChambeau having also entered the PGA Championship as a title winner thanks to his triumph at LIV Golf Korea.

But after the conclusion of the major, DeChambeau has been told by Smylie Kaufman he has a problem that Scheffler doesn’t.

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Speaking on Pardon My Take, Kaufman said of the LIV golfer: “Apparently he was talking about this after the round and it [the bulge faced technology on his irons] is adding extra curvature to shots for him and he really only plays a draw.

“He hits it so high up in the air, where the difference between him and Scottie Scheffler when it comes to iron game is that Scottie Scheffler has the ability to always make his golf ball fly straight. They both hit it just as high.

“If you look at them both hit eight iron they both hit it to the same apex, but Scottie Scheffler with crosswinds can hold a right to left wind to make the golf ball fly straight, but Bryson DeChambeau – for the most part – just plays a little push draw shot, so right to left shots are going to get over-emphasised where they go too much to the left.

“Scottie’s ball is always landing softer on the greens because when you are fighting up against a breeze it is adding spin to the ball and it will make it land softer.

“Whereas Bryson doesn’t hit many shots where he controls the trajectory and brings it down, so it is something that 1000% he needs to improve on.

“But he hits it so good off the tee and his short game around the greens, his putting, chipping and bunkering, is all at such an elite level that at major championships he is always going to be in contention.”

Scottie Scheffler vs Bryson DeChambeau PGA Championship approach stats

Tiger Woods has spoken of the importance of controlling trajectory, with 15 major wins among his stunning career record.

And that was a key skill at Quail Hollow that Scheffler was able to largely master, even with the tricky conditions that played out in North Carolina.

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Heavy rainfall earlier in the week ensured a very wet course in the early rounds, with wind also then coming into play.

Mud balls were a common theme due to the rainfall, and while Scheffler found difficulty in that area, he quickly managed to brush it aside and storm his way to the title.