Bryson DeChambeau has been the villain that the PGA Tour has needed since it’s return to action last month. He added 30-pounds of mass during the quarantine and has since been hitting drives a mile and won his sixth Tour event a few weeks ago.
He’s also had some very ridiculous moments, including arguing with an official at the Memorial over a ruling about his ball being close to a fence and then recording a 10 on the hole, which basically sent him home for the weekend.
On Thursday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Classic he got annoyed with some fire ants by his ball and tried to talk a Tour official into letting him get a drop away from the area. He had a terrible lie between two sticks so he was definitely trying to use this ant hole as a way out of that, but the official rightly told him no chance:
Bryson wants a drop because of a red ant
He is the worst pic.twitter.com/lRd2j44xMn
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) July 30, 2020
DeChambeau ended up getting a double bogey on the hole.
Golf Twitter wasn’t impressed:
Bryson DeChambeau vs. the “Fire” Ant Hill is so 2020
— Amanda Rose (@amandagolf59) July 30, 2020
Talk about wasting all the goodwill you built up from becoming a physical phenomenon
— Peter Bukowski (@Peter_Bukowski) July 30, 2020
#PGA My newest favorite thing to watch is Bryson Dechambeau trying to get out of a lie that he put himself into with his 400 yard sprayed all over drives. This one was the worry over Fire Ants!!! Pleeeeaaase@$#}+ pic.twitter.com/ZUJMsvr8II
— Disgruntled (@Disgruntled21) July 30, 2020
Whenever I botch a drive from now on, I'm going to claim red ants are there and move the ball into the fairway. Thanks for the tip, Bryson DeChambeau.
— Mark Giannotto (@mgiannotto) July 30, 2020
Bryson DeChambeau legitimately just tried to convince a rules official he should get a drop because there were a few fire ants near him and his ball.
We’ve reached peak 2020.
— Mark Harris (@itismarkharris) July 30, 2020
Is Bryson DeChambeau trying to claim the fire ants are hazardous to him so that he can get free relief? 🙄 #WGC#PGATOUR
— AP (@GolfGuyMO) July 30, 2020
Bryson Dechambeau is the most unlikable golfer of all time. dude's such a baby
— OBE (@objt550) July 30, 2020
Feel like watching the PGA Tour now has just became watching Bryson Dechambeau asking for rulings for 5hrs
— Joey Muir (@JoeyMuir24) July 30, 2020
Bryson De Chambeau is a pain. Hits tee shot into junk and then cries, "ants, I saw a red one". Gets no relief from official and acts like he broke his arms when he hits the ball. These guys today are unbelievable babies.
— Oak Wood (@DougSmith16) July 30, 2020
Bryson Dechambeau can’t have a single fan at this point. Not one
— Kyle Cooper (@kyle_cooper0) July 30, 2020