As if the leaderboard through 36 holes wasn’t good enough, Dustin Johnson decided he wanted to take control of the tournament, setting up what could be DJ vs Brooks Koepka duel.
Jack Nicklaus has made his thoughts about equipment regulations – in particular, those concerning the golf ball – known many times through the years, but he offered perhaps his most blunt public comments regarding the matter on Thursday.
DeChambeau was already having a wild round, with five birdies and five bogeys on his card through 14 holes, while sitting comfortably inside the cut line at one over for the tournament. He then stepped to the par-5 15th tee and, simply put, everything unravelled.
Despite some brutal conditions at Muirfield Village, Bryson DeChambeau has still made Thursday’s first round of the Memorial Tournament his own personal long drive contest.
For the week, DeChambeau ranked first in distance, hit the longest drive of the week and picked up nearly six strokes on the field in strokes gained/off the tee, also ranking first.
En route to a five-under-par 67 on Saturday in the Rocket Mortgage Classic that has him three strokes behind leader Matthew Wolff, DeChambeau got testy with a cameraman after he hit a greenside bunker shot on the sixth hole.
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