Bryson DeChambeau blitzed Augusta National with an opening 65, then expanded on his personal and professional evolution.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — With wind swirling and his name splashed atop the white leaderboard directly over his shoulder, Bryson DeChambeau stood atop the 18th tee at Augusta National and stared straight ahead, contemplating.“337,” said Greg Bodine, DeChambeau’s caddie, referencing the distance to the left-side fairway bunker. “It’s blowing hard—not against us.”He ultimately went with his 3-wood and sure enough, smashed it straight into that fairway bunker.
He bogeyed 9, his only blemish, and then scorched the back-nine in 31. On the par-5 13th and 15th holes he drove into pines right of both fairways. Both times he found an opening with his second shot and hit the green, and both times he two-putted for birdie. His approach from the loblollies on 15 was particularly daring, if not reckless, but he got away with it.
On Thursday he didn’t necessarily walk back that comment when he was asked about it, but it was clear he no longer feels that way. He talked about his desire for routine: “I'm just doing the same thing every single day, day-in and day-out. I'm not trying something new. I'm not trying to figure something out. And that's what I feel like has accumulated into playing some really good golf.”
“It's crazy. I've gotten a crazy amount of love on Snapchat,” he said. “Getting over like a million views a day on Snapchat and these people coming out of nowhere and patrons saying, ‘I love your Snapchat.’ Like really? They are loving it that much? That's awesome.”
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