Brandel Chamblee blames LIV for Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau mistakes

Brandel Chamblee is adamant that a lack of intense competition on the LIV Golf League set up Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to fail at the PGA Championship.

Rahm and DeChambeau both stumbled on the back nine as a potentially tantalising closing stretch turned into a victory lap for Scottie Scheffler at Quail Hollow.

Scheffler – who ultimately romped home to a five-shot victory, was reeled in by LIV’s big hitters Rahm and DeChambeau around the turn.

Yet those charges faltered, with Rahm playing ‘The Green Mile’ – 16, 17 and 18 – in five over par to slide down the leaderboard.

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DeChambeau, meanwhile, briefly got in touching distance to Scheffler before the world No.1 pulled clear.

And for NBC Analyst Chamblee, there is one common denominator for Rahm and DeChambeau’s failure to get over the line.

Speaking on the Golf Channel‘s ‘Live From’ show, Chamblee said: “If you look at how Bryson DeChambeau played ‘the Green Mile’ over the past two days – four-over-par.

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If you look at how Scottie Scheffler played ‘the Green Mile’ over the past two days – one-under-par.

“It matters where you play to be sharp, to be at your best, to test yourself against the best, which they’re not playing against the best week in and week out. Scottie Scheffler is, at the highest level.

“When it mattered the most, 16, 17 and 18, when you had to hit shots, when you had to control your nerves, when you had to control the rhythm of your golf swing, Scottie had it, Bryson didn’t, Rahm didn’t.”

Chamblee also questioned Rahm’s swing under the utmost pressure.

Paul McGinley agreed with Chamblee in the sense that LIV can not be viewed as ideal preparation for the four majors.

“It’s hard to make an argument that going to LIV is going to give you a better chance of winning a major,” he said.

“I don’t care. You can argue that all day long. There’s no way that I can see that that is a better and more productive pathway to be prepared to win majors.”

Ben Parsons is the Senior Writer at bunkered and is the man to come to for all of the latest news, across both the professional and amateur games. Formerly of The Mirror and Press Association, he is a member at Halifax Golf Club and is a long-suffering fan of both Manchester United and the Wales rugby team.