It's fair to say Bryson DeChambeau isn't making many friends on the PGA Tour these days. The American golfer, who is ranked 5th in the world, has never been the most popular member of the Tour, known for his slow play and regular outbursts.
Since the return of the PGA Tour from lockdown though, DeChambeau has raised even more eyebrows than normal. His physical transformation, putting on 20 lbs of muscle in the last eight months, has given him significant power and club speed increase, meaning he's become an insanely long hitter.
Just your standard 423-yard drive here from Bryson DeChambeau 🤯pic.twitter.com/Ndn8M9sJJW
— Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) July 16, 2020
Two weeks ago, DeChambeau won for the sixth time of his career at the Rocket Mortgage Classic but made more headlines for his clash with a cameraman at the tournament, claiming being filmed was hurting his brand.
Bryson running a little hot. Caught up with him on 7 where he took a Sergio slash at the sand after splashing out of a greenside bunker, muttered an expletive after missing the par save and spent 60 seconds in a...testy discussion with a cameraman on his way to 8 tee. pic.twitter.com/ENjQt1U689
— Will Gray (@WillGrayGC) July 4, 2020
— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) July 7, 2020
On the back of all that, DeChambeau was once again the centre of attention at this week's Memorial Tournament in Ohio, and there was a lot of schadenfreude about when he had a complete meltdown at the 15th hole, finally scoring a five over part 10 for the hole. Naturally, DeChambeau missed the cut.
As part of the epic meltdown, he hit two balls out of bounds, one into a penalty area, and hit a 3-wood from the rough three times. He also got into a petulant argument with a match referee about an out of bounds ruling.
Official data of Bryson's 15th:
26 minutes
4 commercial breaks
3 3-woods from the rough
2 balls OB
2 rules officials
2 putts
1 penalty area
10 strokes.— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) July 17, 2020
Some highlights of Bryson’s 10 here. We pick up the action after the drop from the burn and contemplating a rather ambitious third shot. His attempt to claim his ball under a fence was in bounds shows a level of creativity beyond the rules of the game! pic.twitter.com/H83AeOyVuM
— UK Golf Guy (@ukgolfguy) July 17, 2020
In the end, he could barely even count up what he scored on the hole.
On the next hole, it appeared Bryson's caddy was also not happy about being filmed again.
.@BrendanPorath @the_woke_yolk @shanebacon what do you make of this off the tee after @b_dechambeau made 10. Looks like the caddy is trying to block the camera man filming him. After his recent issues, seems like he’s still worried about having his ‘brand’ filmed. #PGATour pic.twitter.com/8cokeo3IYq
— Matt de Groot (@mattdegroot_) July 18, 2020
These kind of meltdowns can obviously happen to any player, but there certainly seemed to be a lot of enjoyment out there for this one.
Bryson hit 3-wood out of bounds from the left rough TWICE and pulled 3-wood a third time! I don't wanna be dramatic but this is the greatest sequence in the history of golf.
— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) July 17, 2020
I try not to revel in the anguish of others, but watching @b_dechambeau whine, tattle, and play martyr on his way to a Tin Cup 10 was the highlight of 2020. He truly is the world’s perfect douche. pic.twitter.com/K2htWJZoxY
— StinkWhispers (@StinkWhispers) July 18, 2020
Bryson DeChambeau after hitting TWO shots out of bounds on 15 🤬pic.twitter.com/efJjlNrv14
— GolfBet (@GolfBet) July 17, 2020
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