Bryson DeChambeau missed the US Open 2026 cut line by one shot at Shinnecock Hills after a five-over 75 in the second round. The two-time U.S. Open champion is now out after another weekend that got away from him.
Shinnecock Hills Sets The Line
Players at four over or better will play the weekend, and DeChambeau finished one shot outside that number. He opened with a 70, then lost ground fast on Friday with double bogeys on the par-4 3rd and the 4th after three-putts from 31 feet and 17 feet.
That left him three over at the turn. He added three bogeys and one birdie coming home, but the damage was already done before the cut settled.
DeChambeau's Major Slide
The missed cut extends a run that now runs through all three majors this season. He has missed four of his last five major cuts and has gone without a weekend in back-to-back U.S. Opens since his win at Pinehurst No. 2.
His own words framed the trip to Long Island before the round: “No. To be honest, missed cuts are gonna happen.” He also said, “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. But I’ve played well out here on LIV, and I’m working on my golf swing really hard, and, I feel like it’s in a really solid place. It’s very close to some of my best golf ever.”
Rahm, Fowler, Hovland
Jon Rahm also missed the cut after opening the U.S. Open with a bogey-free 68, then missing six putts inside 10 feet on Friday and signing for a second-round 78. Rickie Fowler started with a 71 in the harder conditions, while Viktor Hovland was in the mix on Sunday at last year's U.S. Open.
The list of missed cuts at Shinnecock Hills reached 11 players, with the field held to the four-over line and any player on that side finished for the week. DeChambeau had arrived with a new prototype TaylorMade driver in the bag, but the equipment change did not save a round that unraveled with two early doubles and never recovered.
