PGA Championship: Bryson DeChambeau, once the toast of golf, is in real trouble now
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — The short-game practice area at Aronimink sits right next to the PGA Championship’s Fan Zone, home of free food and high-priced alcoholic beverages. That means anybody who wants to practice their bunker game prior to their tee time does so with several dozen Philadelphia fans looming right over their shoulders.
Some players tolerate this; others live for it. About 30 minutes before his Friday tee time, Bryson DeChambeau hopped into the practice bunker with barely a nod toward the phone-holding fans all around him. For DeChambeau, who thrives on attention and admiration, this qualified as intense, in-the-zone focus.
But then, when you’re coming off your worst round ever at the PGA Championship and you’re staring at your second straight missed cut at a major, well, some things have to change. DeChambeau spread his feet wide, crouched like he was about to squat-press an elephant, and neatly thumped a dozen balls in the direction of pins all over the range. Then, as quickly as he arrived, he was gone, off in the direction of the first tee.
And then he went out and threw up all over Aronimink. DeChambeau came into the day 6-over, so he was in chase mode from the jump. But through eight holes, all he did was lose ground, falling to 10-over.
That put him down among the company of aging past champions and the Corebridge Financial PGA pros. He managed to salvage a measure of dignity with three closing birdies, finishing at +7, but that wasn’t nearly enough to get him to the +4 cut line. Bryson DeChambeau missed his second straight cut at a major after a poor showing this week at the PGA Championship.
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