Bryson DeChambeau tees off on Sunday on the 4th gap at Royal Liverpool.
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Grayson Jones watched the ball get nearer and nearer. Jon Yarbrough additionally took a glance. Then Scott Stallings, who smiled. Would it not hit the flag Jones was holding?
No, this isn’t the case. Unhappiness. He missed good.
However some 370 meters away—! — Bryson DeChambeau’s shot was nonetheless putting.
Or possibly not, given the supply. That is previous hat for one of many longest hitters within the sport. This week at The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, DeChambeau ranked prime in driving distance, Strokes Gained: Longest drive and total drive – the latter approaching his 367-yard effort, par-4 4th on Sunday within the last spherical.
Right here is the shot by shot:
DeChambeau knocked.
4 seconds after contact, he shouted, “Fore.”
His ball hit between the 2 bunkers going through the inexperienced – a spot of about 5 yards.
His ball rolled onto the inexperienced, about 10 yards to the precise of the opening, on the road the place Jones was standing with the flagstick. Jones was caddying Zack Fischer, who was a part of the pair up entrance. The ball additionally slid to the left of Yarbrough, who was Stallings’ caddy.
DeChambeau’s ball ended simply previous the opening and 27-foot-4 to the precise.
“It is particular,” analyst Alison Whitaker stated on the USA Community present.
“Bryson DeChambeau,” stated analyst John Prepare dinner, “with the entrance group on the inexperienced on the 4th, takes a run over the inexperienced and thru the bunkers, simply behind the inexperienced. He thought the opening spot was proper the place the pin is.
“It did not matter to Bryson.”
In impact. From there, DeChambeau transformed, rolling within the putt for a two, the primary eagle of the week on the 4th. He completed with a two-for-73 and a seven-over, which might solely be referred to as a disappointment.
Heading into the week, he had returned to kind, ending tied for eleventh, tied for second, tied for ninth, and tied for fifth in his final 4 LIV golf tournaments; tied for fourth in Might on the PGA Championship; and tied for twentieth final month on the US Open.
“My sport is again, and I simply must tighten issues up for subsequent week and the week after, which is main,” DeChambeau stated earlier this month at LIV’s occasion in Spain.
“I need to win a serious.”
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