Turning Pro in 2016, Bryson DeChambeau has registered 8 career top 10 finishes in Majors and 12 worldwide victories. When he officially signed with LIV Golf in June 2022, the reaction across the golf world was instant and explosive. Some saw him as the ultimate power-era showman jumping to a new frontier, while others felt he was gambling the momentum he built after winning the 2020 U.S. Open. 

Beyond the noise, one question matters the most: how did Bryson actually perform in the majors after switching to LIV, and how much did he earn during that transition? 

Here’s the full breakdown.

Once DeChambeau joined LIV, the remainder of the 2022 major season became his proving ground. His first major start after the move came at Brookline for the 2022 U.S. Open, where he battled both form and recovery from wrist surgery. He finished T56, shooting 71–71–76–75 for a +13 total, a result that reflected a player trying to regain rhythm more than competing for the trophy.

A month later came The Open Championship at St Andrews, and this time his game found sparks of life. DeChambeau delivered his strongest major showing of the season, finishing T8 at −12, with a closing-round 66 that reminded fans why his power-plus-aggression formula is so dangerous when it clicks. It was his best Open finish to date and the lone standout in an otherwise turbulent injury-affected stretch.

Earlier that year, Augusta had been a struggle. At the 2022 Masters, DeChambeau shot 76–80, missing the cut by a wide margin and collecting the standard $10,000 MC payout. Then came the PGA Championship, or rather, the absence from it. Recovering from left wrist surgery, Bryson withdrew from the 2022 PGA Championship, marking one of the rare majors he couldn’t even tee up for.

Though 2022 offered only glimpses of his peak, it also marked the beginning of a dramatic shift in his earning structure, and that’s where the contrast becomes sharp.

Written by

Aditi Singh

Edited by

Oajaswini Prabhu