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When he’s at his best, there’s no denying that Bryson DeChambeau belongs among the elite. His two U.S. Open victories make that case without much argument.
But DeChambeau has always been a different kind of golfer – one who seems almost uniquely capable of getting under people’s skin. The conspiracy theories, the self-styled boy genius persona, the haughty attitude. It’s a combination that rubs fans and fellow competitors the wrong way, and he doesn’t seem particularly interested in changing that.
That friction has come back into focus after he missed the cut at both The Masters and the PGA Championship to open the 2026 season.
His response? Not a new swing coach. Not a rethink of his well-documented approach of using irons all cut to the same length. Instead, DeChambeau decided that if no human could fix his swing, maybe artificial intelligence could.
DeChambeau Turns to Google Gemini Between Rounds
During LIV Golf Korea, DeChambeau shot a 71 in the third round – not exactly the performance of a man who had things figured out. He was on the range, frustrated, slamming his club into the ground. Then, according to DeChambeau himself, he spent the night consulting Google’s Gemini AI chatbot.
“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 make the club turn over, having some alpha torque and gamma torque put in there. I was like, what makes that possibly do that, and was talking about just grip pressure and tension.”
He shot a 65 in the final round, finishing in a tie for third.
Bryson DeChambeau is using Google Gemini (AI) to try and help fix his swing.
"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,… pic.twitter.com/KylqKcP7Sk
— GOLF.com (@GOLF_com) May 31, 2026
It’s worth noting – he did actually improve. Whether Gemini deserves any credit for that is another conversation entirely.
Fans Were Not Impressed
Predictably, the internet had thoughts.
“The most credulous people on earth, whose defining character trait is their inability to tell the difference between good ideas and bad ideas, LOVE to tell you how great AI is.”
Another user on X was more blunt: “I don’t think there has ever been a bigger dork in golf history.”
That’s the DeChambeau paradox in a nutshell. He plays well enough to back up most of the talk – but it’s the talk that always seems to define the story. This latest chapter, consulting an AI chatbot for swing physics at midnight on a LIV Golf range, feels very on-brand; and it’s the kind of thing that’ll follow him around for years.
