It’s safe to say that nobody faced more pressure heading into the first round of the 2026 British Open than Bryson DeChambeau. The LIV Golf star has missed the cut all all three majors so far this year and desperately wants to avoid another Friday night trip to the airport this week in England. Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee went viral this week for ripping DeChambeau over his YouTube golf videos, and the legendary Nick Faldo went a step further by saying DeChambeau had “zero clue of strategy.”
Well, the joke is on all the Bryson haters after the first round because he went out and had a stellar day at Royal Birkdale. DeChambeau did have a bit of a blip on the difficult par-4 18th as he finished with a bogey, but his three-under 67 has him one shot behind the leaders.