Bryson DeChambeau missed out on a place on Team USA for the Paris Olympics and could face the same fate at the 2028 LA Games
Golf star Bryson De Chambeau could be forced to miss out on another Olympic Games after watching his compatriot Scottie Scheffler clinch the gold medal in Paris.
Despite dramatically winning the US Open in June, it was not enough to secure DeChambeau a slot on Team USA. The Olympic event was comprised of 60 players, with a maximum of four players in the world’s top 15 per country.
DeChambeau’s decision to leave the PGA and join the breakaway LIV Golf in 2022 affected his Olympic aspirations as LIV Golf events do not qualify for world ranking points, which led some LIV players to compete at an Asian Tour event last week. DeChambeau was sixth in contention for the USA, while seven LIV Golf stars did make the cut for their respective nations.
It would have been a bitter pill for the two-time US Open champion who was denied the chance to compete at the Tokyo Games after testing positive for Covid-19. However, DeChambeau’s wait to realise his Olympic dream could continue into the 2028 Los Angeles Games unless the PGA and LIV Golf can reach a ground-breaking agreement.
