Bryson DeChambeau claimed to have made ‘mind-blowing’ comments to the media after the PGA Championship finished

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Bryson DeChambeau is likely to have mixed feelings coming away from the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow after he registered yet another top 10 in a major.

It is Bryson DeChambeau who continues to show remarkable consistency in the majors. The LIV Golf star has finished in the top six at five of the last six major championships. For the second year running, DeChambeau finished second at the PGA Championship.

However, while 2024 saw the Crushers captain push Xander Schauffele all the way at Valhalla, there was a significant gap between DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler at Quail Hollow. DeChambeau was in the group of players who finished five shots adrift of the world number one.

It marks another underwhelming Sunday for the two-time US Open champion. He has had a chance to win in his last five events across LIV Golf and the majors – he has led at some stage on Sunday in four of them. And yet, he only has one victory to show for that run.

Bryson DeChambeau makes a ‘mind-blowing’ comment after the PGA Championship

The irons have been the big problem of late. But perhaps DeChambeau is in danger of going down the wrong path in how he addresses some of the issues within his game.

Speaking on the Golf Channel Podcast, Ryan Lavner admitted that he was baffled by what DeChambeau said after his final round in North Carolina.

“He is going to continue to factor in at least the first three major championships of the year as long as he continues to drive the golf ball as he does. He is averaging over 330 when he can get on these runs and hit it on a frozen rope. It honestly is a sight to behold,” he said.

“However, it is hard to see him taking that next leap from major contention to major championship winner without better execution and without better precision.

“It was mind-blowing to hear what Bryson DeChambeau had to say on Sunday at Quail Hollow, thinking ahead to the US Open and any changes he might want to make.

“He has already talked about getting a new set of irons in the bag. On Sunday he talked about getting a different golf ball. One which flies straighter than the one he is currently playing.

“I was thinking to myself, because he rationalised it by saying that he is hitting it at 190mph, and at my speed and my apexes the ball is doing some really weird things in the air and I would like to have better control.

“Bryson DeChambeau’s driving is not the issue. He does not have 190 ball speed when he is using a gap wedge, a pitching wedge or a sand wedge, which he had over and over again into these greens at Quail Hollow.

“He wants to have a ball that does not curve as much from those shorter distances and at those heights. I am not a physics major, I don’t quite understand it but as it typically goes with Bryson DeChambeau, a lot of his confidence is derived from his equipment and if he feels he is dialled in with his crank driver and his 3D printed irons. And if he feels at the US Open that he can be dialled in with a new golf ball which does not curve as much with these higher lofted clubs, I think he is going to be a force to be reckoned with.

“But until he figures that out it is hard to see how he can match the precision of a Scottie Scheffler.”

How Bryson DeChambeau’s statistics looked at Quail Hollow

DeChambeau is doing more than knocking on the door right now. He has been putting himself in a position to win on a consistent basis. But getting across the line has not been easy for the American.

It is no surprise that he was the best player in the field for strokes gained off the tee this past week. DeChambeau gained more than two shots more than Scottie Scheffler at Quail Hollow.

But Sunday marked the only round in which DeChambeau was inside the top 50 for strokes gained approach. He would, however, lose the best part of one shot to the field on the greens in the final round.

Clearly, if DeChambeau can put everything together, he is someone who is good enough to battle with Scheffler. But it seems that he is still searching for that formula.