In 1930, Bobby Jones won all four majors in a season. And to this day, he remains the only golfer to do so. Yes, Tiger Woods won four majors in a row across two seasons, but not in the same calendar year (the U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship in 2000 and the Masters Tournament in 2001). However, a three-time PGA Tour winner and on-course reporter for CBS Sports thinks Bryson DeChambeau
can achieve a Grand Slam at The Open, too, albeit not the one he'd like.
"Miss cut for sure," Johnson Wagner
said in a July 13 interview with CBS News. "This is not a good setup for him. He does not play well in high winds. I think Bryson misses the cut and goes for the DeChambeau Grand Slam of [missed cuts] in the majors this year."
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DeChambeau's spot in the 154th Open Championship came thanks to his 2024 U.S. Open win (Category 11), top-10 finish in the 2025 Open Championship (Category 4), and 37th spot on the Official World Golf Rankings (Category 5). Despite qualifying, he didn't exactly have the best performance in the first three majors of this season. The 32-year-old has already missed cuts in all three
, with The Open being his last opportunity to break that curse.
Compared to last year, the American golfer has tripled the number of missed cuts this season. He finished T5 in the Masters, T2 in the PGA Championship, T10 in the Open Championship, and missed the cut in the U.S. Open
last year. His 2026 performance is a far cry from his two major wins (the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Opens).
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"I would say that Open Championship golf is different in the fact that you have to control, you try to control the uncontrollable, which is wind and bounces and slopes that are sometimes difficult to judge from 200 yards away," DeChambeau said ahead of the Open.
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While embarrassing, the 32-year-old wouldn't be the first to experience this "Grand Slam" of missed cuts. In 2025, Australian golfer Cameron Smith played and missed the cut in all four major events. That doesn't diminish his accomplishments, as he won the 2022 Open Championship. Similar to DeChambeau, Smith also played for LIV Golf. Another example would be Japan's Shugo Imahira.
Imahira, who plays on the Japan Golf Tour, failed to make the cut in all four majors in 2019. That being said, DeChambeau has one final opportunity to keep his name off the "missed cut Grand Slam" list. However, Wagner isn't the only one pointing out these flaws; another retired pro, this time, someone who has won at the links course before, had a similar takeaway about Bryson.
Bryson DeChambeau has no clue about the Links course
Wagner isn't the only golf expert voicing serious doubts about DeChambeau's chances on the links. Six-time major champion Sir Nick Faldo offered a similar scathing assessment, pointing out that the American's usual bomb-and-gouge style simply won't translate to the coastal elements. "I'd say it to his face," Faldo said in a Sky Sports interview. "He has zero clue of strategy." According to Faldo, navigating the unpredictable weather and treacherous pot bunkers requires a tactical discipline that DeChambeau has yet to demonstrate.
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Instead, in Faldo's words, Bryson will "stand up and just keep bombing away".
DeChambeau hasn't made the cut since his last win at Shinnecock Hills. In 2026, he finished tied for 11th and third in his outings at LIV Golf Andalucía and LIV Golf Korea, respectively. Notably, before missing the cut at this year's U.S. Open, he reflected on his performances in the majors and even made a difficult admission.
"To be honest, missed cuts are gonna happen. I might miss all four of them in majors this year. That's just golf. Like, I'm playing great. I just haven't shown up when it mattered most."
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