Masters 2026: Bryson DeChambeau's homemade club, used once, can't help him escape a deep hole after Day 1
DeChambeau carried a 3-D printed 5 iron in his bag, a club that took him eight hours to make.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — One year ago, Bryson DeChambeau held the solo lead at the Masters on Sunday. After his very next round at Augusta National, he was nine strokes behind the clubhouse leader, looking for answers from an unforgiving course.
And not even his homemade club could keep his card clean. DeChambeau finished his first day at the 2026 Masters at 4-over, far behind clubhouse leaders Sam Burns and Rory McIlroy (-5). After his round, a visibly frustrated DeChambeau nonetheless spoke to the media.
His normally analytical mind was spinning, trying to figure out how everything had gone so wrong so quickly. “Everybody has an ability for weird things to happen,” DeChambeau said in a short postround interview, “and today I just did not have my irons under control, which is weird. ” Bryson DeChambeau watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club.
(AP Photo/Eric Gay) ASSOCIATED PRESS DeChambeau held at even par through the first 10 holes of the day, erasing an early bogey on 2 with a birdie on the very next hole. But he was clearly holding on desperately to a rattling train, and at the 11th, the train jumped the tracks. After a strong drive, DeChambeau’s approach found a greenside bunker, and he needed three shots to get out.