Bryson DeChambeau Misses Masters Cut After Two Triple Bogeys Define a Stunning Collapse
Bryson DeChambeau came to Augusta National this week as one of the hottest golfers in the world, riding two straight LIV Golf victories and arriving with a 3D-printed iron he built himself. He is leaving without playing the weekend — eliminated by two catastrophic triple bogeys on two of the most consequential holes of his entire Masters career.
When DeChambeau walked to the 18th tee on Friday, he needed only a bogey to make the cut at the Masters. He walked off the 18th green with a triple bogey and will not play the weekend. The cruelty of the moment was complete. One hole. A single bogey to survive. And the floor fell through anyway.
A late birdie at the 15th hole had put him at 3-under for the tournament — inside the projected cut line of 4-over — and it appeared one of the pre-tournament favorites would survive, even if just barely. But disaster struck right off the tee at 18 when DeChambeau launched his ball into the woods on the right side. What followed was a sequence that mirrored the chaos of the previous 36 hours almost perfectly.
The 18th hole implosion was actually the second triple bogey of his tournament. In Round 1, DeChambeau was even par through 10 holes when he hit a 347-yard drive into the fairway at the par-4 11th. From 191 yards out, his approach drifted into the right-side bunker, and he could not get out. He left his first bunker shot in the sand and did the same on his second attempt before finally escaping on his third try, two-putting for triple bogey. After the round, he offered just four words in explanation: "Bunker was softer than I anticipated."
No player has ever made a triple bogey and gone on to win the Masters — a historical footnote that became brutally relevant after Thursday, and even more so after Friday. DeChambeau has now logged two triple bogeys across just two rounds, both arriving at pivotal junctures when the tournament — or at minimum his survival in it — was still very much within reach.
In his past seven Masters starts, DeChambeau has carded 16 double bogeys and two triples — a body of Augusta work that speaks to a specific and persistent vulnerability against the course's unforgiving design. The 11th hole alone has now haunted him across multiple years. Last year in the final round, DeChambeau also suffered a double bogey at the 11th, contributing to the fade that cost him any chance of catching McIlroy.
After Thursday's opening round DeChambeau went to the practice range and hit more balls than any other player in the field — a response so extreme it became its own story. The analytical, experimental side of his game was on full display all week, from the 3D-printed 5-iron to the range sessions, but none of it translated into the scorecard that mattered when Augusta asked its hardest questions.
Former Masters champions Danny Willett, Bubba Watson, and Zach Johnson also missed the cut, along with J.J. Spaun and world number eight Robert MacIntyre. But none carried the weight of expectation that DeChambeau did into this week. He was the most-bet player to win the green jacket before the tournament began, arriving fresh off consecutive LIV victories, and he exits without a single weekend round at the 2026 Masters — undone by the same course, the same type of hole, the same unforgiving sand that has defined his complicated relationship with Augusta National.
