Bryson DeChambeau is among the LIV Golf players looking to cause a real upset at the PGA Championship this week.
A total of 11 LIV Golf players are taking on the major championship at Aronimink Golf Club, which arrives at a time of great uncertainty for the breakaway tour.
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will end its funding of LIV Golf at the end of the 2026 season, leaving the future of its players up in the air.
But the likes of DeChambeau and Jon Rahm now have the PGA Championship to distract them, where they will compete alongside and against many PGA Tour players.
But questions have been asked of LIV Golf star DeChambeau ahead of the tournament, at which his chances of success have been discussed by Ryan Lavner.
Bryson DeChambeau’s ‘confusing’ season highlighted before the PGA Championship
Lavner said on the Golf Channel Podcast with Rex & Lav: “I’m not sure Bryson has ever been a bigger question mark. I find what he’s done this season competitively really confusing.
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“He had back-to-back wins on LIV. It looked like he was in great form heading into the Masters and then a surprising missed cut there after what he had done the last couple of years, where it seemed like he had figured it out.
“He had the wrist issue in Mexico. Even last week he alluded to a shoulder issue that he has been dealing with since the Ryder Cup, that has been causing him so much concern he needed an MRI scan to make sure everything was structurally okay.
“He finished third last week in Virginia. What sort of Bryson or form are we going to see? The disparity between major championships and his LIV Golf season has been quite a disparity.
“And where is his headspace? What I know about professional golfers is that most tend to thrive when things are clear-headed and things are calm off the golf course.
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“Bryson is not most players and I think we are going to find out this week if he can thrive amid the chaos, which is his uncertain future in competitive golf, whether it’s on LIV or the PGA Tour, or if it’s over on YouTube.”
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How has Bryson DeChambeau performed in 2026?
Crushers GC captain DeChambeau has indeed been among the standout players in LIV Golf in the 2026 season.
He claimed back-to-back wins in Singapore and South Africa, helping him occupy second place in the individual standings behind Jon Rahm.
Elsewhere, the American has finished third, T3, T17 and T24, while he was forced to withdraw ahead of the final round in Mexico with a wrist injury.
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DeChambeau also took on The Masters at Augusta National last month, but carded rounds of 76 and 74 to finish on six-over after two days and miss the cut.
He will, however, be hoping to emulate his LIV Golf efforts at the PGA Championship, having impressed in various areas throughout 2026.
The divisive figure leads the way for eagles hit, and ranks third for scrambling, fifth for greens in regulation %, fourth for putting average and second for average driving distance.
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