It continued a string of less-than-stellar displays at Augusta National for DeChambeau, who acknowledged on Friday his struggle to break the course’s code.
Whereas most DeChambeau drives are the things usually reserved for NASA launches and make one question everything we know about science and physics and existence in general, this was a drive most of us see every weekend at the local public course.
Last week, Bryson DeChambeau drew gasps at Bay Hill with a 377-yard drive. This week, he drew gasps at TPC Sawgrass with a cold-top fairway wood into the water.
While DeChambeau’s musings were not cited in the statement, it is almost certainly a reaction to his assertion that he might try to find a narrow patch of turf to the right side of the ninth fairway.
Water comes into play on 12 holes, but the real defence of the golf course is found in the greens, which for member play can sometimes run as fast as 14 on the Stimpmeter.
During a press conference on the eve of his second appearance at the Saudi International, the US Open champion revealed he had “nothing controversial” to say about the prospect of the R&A and USGA introducing equipment changes sometime in the relatively near future.
Australian Golf Digest
