Bunker blowup at Amen Corner sends Bryson DeChambeau to a 76 on the 1st day of the Masters
Amen Corner put Bryson DeChambeau through the wringer again. DeChambeau needed three shots to exit a greenside bunker on the 11th hole at Augusta National, and he never really recovered from that triple bogey in a first-round 76 at the Masters on Thursday. DeChambeau faces an uphill climb if he's going to put himself in the position he was in last year — playing in the final group on the final day.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Amen Corner put Bryson DeChambeau through the wringer again. DeChambeau needed three shots to exit a greenside bunker on the 11th hole at Augusta National, and he never really recovered from that triple bogey in a first-round 76 at the Masters on Thursday.
DeChambeau faces an uphill climb if he's going to put himself in the position he was in last year — playing in the final group on the final day. “Just going to give what the golf course gives me,” he said. “I have to try to hit my irons better.
I drove it left numerous occasions. ” The worst opening round by a Masters winner was Craig Stadler's 75 in 1982. It was the pond on the 11th hole that did DeChambeau in last year.
His shot into the water led to a double bogey, and he was unable to keep up with Rory McIlroy, who beat Justin Rose in a playoff. This time, DeChambeau was in the bunker to the right of the green, the opposite side from the water. His first two shots didn't make it out.