Tag: Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau shoots a Sunday 63, rallies to capture LIV Golf Chicago event

DeChambeau has two LIV wins in 2023, tied with Cam Smith, one one back of Talor Gooch.

Sebastian Munoz led by three shots after 36 holes at Rich Harvest Farms but couldn’t hold on to the lead, shooting 2 over in Sunday’s final round.

Meanwhile, Bryson DeChambeau went on a charge, posting nine birdies and just a single bogey to shoot an 8-under 63 to win for the second time on the LIV Golf League this season. DeChambeau finished 13 under and won by a shot over Marc Leishman and Anirban Lahiri.

Lahiri had a chance to force a playoff but missed a putt on the 18th hole.

“To be honest with you, I was actually sad,” said DeChambeau. “I really wanted him to make that so we could go battle it off in a playoff and finish it off the right way. That was the first emotion that I had.”

In August, DeChambeau won the LIV Golf Greenbrier event after he closed with a final-round 58. He joins Cam Smith with two wins in 2023. Talor Gooch leads the circuit with three wins.

In the season-long race for the Individual Champion, there’s only three golfers now who can claim that title: Gooch, Smith and DeChambeau. Smith currently leads that race with Gooch second and DeChambeau third. Smith and Gooch have mathematically clinched a spot in the top three. DeChambeau still has a shot at winning that title but could also get bumped out of the top three. Five golfers have a chance to finish in third (but they’re too far back to win the season title): Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Brendan Grace, Dustin Johnson and Mito Pereira.

Koepka finished 24th in the 48-man field. He’s the lone LIV golfer headed to Rome for the Ryder Cup next week. In fact, he’s the only one of the 24 golfers on either Ryder Cup team to compete this week (Euro vice captain Edoardo Molinari did tie for 28th at the DP World Tour’s French Open).

LIV Golf Chicago was the 12th of 14 events on the 2023 schedule. LIV Golf Jeddah in Saudi Arabia is up next, Oct. 13-15. The season finale is the LIV Golf Team Championship at Doral, Oct. 20-22.

Who got snubbed in the Ryder Cup selection process?

There are a bunch of names golf fans are debating.

United States Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson has made his choices and the side is now set for next month’s matchup in Italy.

Four players will make their debut in the biennial event against the Europeans, who haven’t lost on home soil since 1993.

A story at our sister site For The Win, part of the USA Today Sports network, highlighted the players who were snubbed.

At first glance, it’s a really fascinating mix — there are rookies aplenty in the group of automatic qualifiers, so captain Zach Johnson balanced that out with mostly veterans like Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka. It made a ton of sense.

But who got snubbed by Tuesday’s announcement? There are a bunch of names golf fans are debating, including some who have had big years on the PGA Tour.

Q&A: Bryson DeChambeau talks U.S. Amateur, and how he hasn’t heard from Zach Johnson on Ryder Cup

“But at the end of the day, it is what it is and I’ll be rooting for Team USA no matter what.”

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — Only three players have ever won a U.S. Amateur, NCAA individual championship and U.S. Open: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Bryson DeChambeau.

DeChambeau won the NCAA title at SMU in 2015. A couple months later, he went to Olympia Fields outside of Chicago and captured the U.S. Amateur in his fifth appearance. Then in 2020, he won his first major title at Winged Foot in New York.

However, in 2012, DeChambeau teed it up at Cherry Hills Country Club, site of this week’s U.S. Amateur, in his second appearance in the championship.

DeChambeau was back on property Thursday afternoon, taking in some of the action from Round of 16 matches. He signed autographs, took pictures and followed around a few groups. He even hit a couple of shots with a persimmon driver from the Arnold Palmer tee on the first hole, where Palmer famously drove the green in the final round en route to winning the 1960 U.S. Open.

U.S. Amateur: Photos from Cherry Hills

After watching Ben James beat David Ford on the 19th hole, he took some time to speak with Golfweek about the U.S. Amateur, Ryder Cup and more.

LIV Golf players dish on if they even want to return to the PGA Tour

Phil Mickelson said “not a single” LIV Golf player wanted to return to the PGA Tour and his colleagues backed him up.

As the powers that be continue to iron out details for the proposed framework agreement that aims to unite professional golf, one of the biggest questions is what must happen for players who left for LIV Golf to return to the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.

Phil Mickelson didn’t mince words when he recently claimed “not a single player” who joined LIV Golf wanted to play on the PGA Tour. Are there some events players have fond memories of and wish they could play? Absolutely. But a full PGA Tour schedule, or even an abbreviated one, doesn’t sound appealing to the vast majority of those who made the leap to the 48-player, 12-team league.

We asked a handful of players what they thought ahead of this week’s LIV Golf Bedminster event at Trump National in New Jersey, and the answers were very similar.

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LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau gushes over new driver, pleads case for Ryder Cup

“I feel like I’m just a brute. I just, boom, right down the fairway, wedge it on the green,” said DeChambeau.

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BEDMINSTER, N.J. — While hosting a clinic for Hope Through Education on the driving range of Trump National Bedminster ahead of this week’s LIV Golf event, Bryson DeChambeau quipped during a Q&A session that he doesn’t need to practice as much thanks to his new driver from Krank Golf.

You know, the same one he took the wrapping off last Wednesday on the range and used to shoot a 58 four days later and win LIV Golf Greenbrier. DeChambeau was coy when asked about it before the event in West Virginia, where he shot 61-58 on the weekend, but did note how it’s won a bunch of World Long Drive championships and if you “hit on the toe, hit on the heel, everything comes back down the middle of the fairway.”

DeChambeau was then asked if there’s an argument that clubs are becoming too forgiving – teammate Anirban Lahiri joked “We could be here for a half hour now” – and the bulked-up bomber went on to explain how he didn’t have the right equipment for five years.

“I think we’re in a place now in time where (equipment) contracts aren’t necessarily as important as the purse you’re playing for,” said DeChambeau. “I really think the best equipment is going to start showing itself over the course of time because of that.”

“So in regards to the forgiveness, you can say that,” he continued, “but it’s just if you get the right physics going, you can get some special stuff happening in clubs.”

The science of golf and over-analyzing the mechanics of the golf swing has taken up quite a bit of valuable real estate inside DeChambeau’s head, but the 29-year-old feels like his mental game is better now more than ever, thanks to equipment.

“I feel like I’m just a brute. I just, boom, right down the fairway, wedge it on the green,” he said, comparing his current approach to the game to his 2015 U.S. Amateur victory at Olympia Fields where he won the 36-hole final, 7 and 6. “It’s just more of a determined, focused mentality that I have with this new equipment. It’s really the equipment, to be honest.”

“Everyone says it’s in between the ears, and sometimes you find a club that just makes you feel like, ‘Oh, man, I’m king of the jungle, I can do whatever I want,'” Lahiri said in agreement. “It’s very similar with Bryson. He talked about how his mental game is the best it’s been, because he trusts himself more, because he knows his equipment supports him.”

Remember this? DeChambeau said driver ‘sucks,’ angering his club makers

But will the new stick make it to Italy for the Ryder Cup? The former two-time member of Team USA with a 2-3-1 record (1-1-0 in Sunday singles) certainly has a case as a captain’s pick for the American side looking to win on foreign soil for the first time since 1993.

The struggle was all too real for DeChambeau early this season, with finishes of T-23, T-44, T-16 and T-26 in LIV’s 48-player events. Over his last five starts on the Greg Norman-led and Saudi Arabia-funded circuit, DeChambeau has finished T-5, T-9, 2, T-11 and first, on top of his T-4 at the PGA Championship and T-20 at the U.S. Open.

“Look, I played in a couple Ryder Cups, and I would love to represent my country. There’s no doubt about that. I feel like I’m in a good place to be able to do that,” he said. “I feel like I’m a top 10 player for sure right now with the game that I’m playing, and if I do get picked, fantastic. If I don’t, I’ll still be watching on TV and rooting for Team USA because I respect and appreciate those players that are on the team representing our country more than a PGA Tour or LIV thing.”

With fellow LIV colleague Brooks Koepka seemingly assured a spot in the top-six automatic qualifiers, imagine the two former foes competing together after burying the hatchet in 2021.

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Jim Furyk, Mr. 58, on Bryson matching his magical figure, a playful dig at Phil and designing his first course

“Bryson has a much better leaping ability than Phil Mickelson and it is not even close. He got some actual air under his heels.”

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Jim Furyk, golf’s Mr. 58, has company after Bryson DeChambeau shot that magic number on Sunday at LIV Greenbrier in West Virginia on the Old White Course at the Greenbrier Resort.

Interestingly, it was almost seven years to the day that Furyk set the record for low 18-hole score on the PGA Tour during the final round of the Travelers Championship on Aug. 7, 2016. Furyk didn’t see the broadcast of DeChambeau’s dream round but when he heard how he drained a long putt for birdie at the last to shoot 58, Furyk found the video online.

“I will say that Bryson has a much better leaping ability than Phil Mickelson and it is not even close,” Furyk said of DeChambeau’s celebration and a shot at Mickelson’s famous leap when he won the 2004 Masters with a birdie at 18. “He got some actual air under his heels.”

Furyk hasn’t had a reason to jump for joy on the course of late. In fact, he hasn’t played since he withdrew from the American Family Insurance Championship in June after rounds of 80-76. Furyk, 53, has been sidelined with an ailing back and a hip issue to boot. It had been a disappointing year prior to the injury forcing him out — he has gone 10 starts without a top-10 finish and 19 of his last 21 rounds have been in the 70s. He’s hoping to return to action shortly – the third edition of Furyk & Friends as a Champions Tour stop in Jacksonville, Florida, is just around the corner in early October.

“I’m trying to work hard at it. It’s just taken some time and I don’t know. I mean, I’d love to go play Ally (Championship in Michigan). That’s the plan,” he said of the PGA Tour Champions event scheduled to begin in just over two weeks at Warwick Hills, a course where he’s won on both the PGA Tour and in his senior debut among his 17 PGA Tour wins and three on PGA Tour Champions. “I really haven’t had any back issues before. So this one’s a little new for me. I’m kind of learning about it.”

Furyk hasn’t had trouble filling the void of not playing golf. Among the activities keeping him busy is a golf course design project in Port St. Lucie, Florida, which marks his first foray into building a course from scratch as the name designer. Furyk has been involved in some consulting work before on course renovations, and he had a couple of projects back in the 2008-09 timeframe that never got off the ground after the real-estate market crashed in the U.S. Furyk is teaming with veteran architect Mike Beebe, who opened his own shop in 1998 after working for Mark McCumber’s design firm.

“It’s going to be fun to play, that any level of player can get around,” Furyk said. “You have to understand who you’re building the golf course for and, so, I’m hoping that when people see my name, they’re not thinking of a hard golf course or tournament golf course.”

Furyk still plans to focus on competing for the time being, but he’s also heavily invested in the success of the tournament bearing his name as well as his role as a U.S. Ryder Cup vice captain in September and Presidents Cup captain next year in Montreal. He does, however, hope to squeeze in some more golf course design work in the years to come.

“It’d be nice to have one project going at a time,” he said. “One project where I could go spend a lot of time on it will be fun.”

2023 LIV Golf Greenbrier prize money payouts for each player and team

DeChambeau banked $4 million for his five-shot victory.

Bryson DeChambeau went low Sunday at the LIV Golf Greenbrier event, posting a 12-under 58, the lowest score on the circuit.

Believe it not, DeChambeau started so hot that he started having thoughts of a 54.

“That was actually right after the first six out of seven,” he said of all the birdies he was collecting early at the Old White Course at the Greenbrier in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. “I was like, ”Okay, if I eagle one of the par 5s and I keep going at this pace, it could be dangerous.'”

DeChambeau banked $4 million for his five-shot victory. Mito Pereira got $2,125,000 for solo second.

Torque GC (Joaquin Niemann, Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira, David Puig) won the team title and split $3 million. Crushers GC (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri) split $1.5 million for taking second place. Stinger GC (Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester) took third, good for $500,000.

Check out the 2023 LIV Golf Greenbrier prize money payouts for each player and team.

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Position Golfer Score Earnings
1 Bryson DeChambeau -23 $4,000,000
2 Mito Pereira -17 $2,125,000
T3 Richard Bland -16 $1,175,000
T3 Matthew Wolff -16 $1,175,000
T3 David Puig -16 $1,175,000
6 Harold Varner III -14 $800,000
T7 Brendan Steele -13 $596,000
T7 Branden Grace -13 $596,000
T7 Carlos Ortiz -13 $596,000
T7 Dean Burmester -13 $596,000
T7 Talor Gooch -13 $596,000
T12 Sebastián Muñoz -12 $300,333
T12 Sergio Garcia -12 $300,333
T12 Charles Howell III -12 $300,333
T12 Bernd Wiesberger -12 $300,333
T12 Cameron Tringale -12 $300,333
T12 Scott Vincent -12 $300,333
T18 Lee Westwood -10 $199,600
T18 James Piot -10 $199,600
T18 Anirban Lahiri -10 $199,600
T18 Laurie Canter -10 $199,600
T18 Abraham Ancer -10 $199,600
T23 Joaquin Niemann -9 $169,000
T23 Jason Kokrak -9 $199,600
T25 Louis Oosthuizen -8 $163,000
T25 Phil Mickelson -8 $163,000
T25 Eugenio Chacarra -8 $163,000
T25 Henrik Stenson -8 $163,000
T29 Graeme McDowell -7 $156,000
T29 Ian Poulter -7 $156,000
T29 Bubba Watson -7 $156,000
T32 Matt Jones -6 $149,000
T32 Marc Leishman -6 $149,000
T32 Dustin Johnson -6 $149,000
T32 Cameron Smith -6 $149,000
T36 Patrick Reed -5 $143,000
T36 Paul Casey -5 $143,000
T38 Peter Uihlein -3 $137,000
T38 Danny Lee -3 $137,000
T38 Brooks Koepka -3 $137,000
T38 Thomas Pieters -3 $137,000
42 Chase Koepka -2 $132,000
T43 Kevin Na -1 $129,000
T43 Martin Kaymer -1 $129,000
45 Pat Perez E $126,000
T46 Sihwan Kim 1 $123,000
T46 Jediah Morgan 1 $123,000

 

Bryson DeChambeau shoots 12-under 58, wins LIV Golf Greenbrier

Bryson DeChambeau has posted the lowest score in the history of the two-year-old LIV Golf League.

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Bryson DeChambeau has posted the lowest score in the history of the two-year-old LIV Golf League.

During Sunday’s final round of the LIV Golf Greenbrier at the Old White Course in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, DeChambeau posted a 12-under 58.

DeChambeau’s scorecard was simply one circle after another as he collected 13 birdies. He started on the first hole in the Sunday shotgun start and had six birdies on his first seven holes before a bogey at the eighth. He closed with four straight birdies on Nos. 15 through 18 to get to 23 under to win the event by five shots over Mito Pereira.

The most dramatic stroke was his final one on his final hole, a long putt to break 60 by two shots.

The Old White course played as a par-70 and measured 7,255 yards Sunday.

After his round, he was asked on the CW telecast about whether he thought U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson would soon be giving him a call.

“I’ve got some equipment that’s performing quite nicely, with the driver and that’s a deadly combination with my putting. Cleary I putted well, drove it well, wedged it well. You couldn’t have written it up any better than this,” he said. “But if I do get a call, that’d be awesome. If not, I’ll be rooting them on over in Rome.”

Phil Mickelson congratulated DeChambeau on social media but also took a chance to give him some friendly ribbing: “Incredible round by Bryson. 58. What a weekend and win for him. He stole my jump though. Not cool. Proud of his resolve after Cameron and I gave him a thumping Wednesday.”

DeChambeau won $4 million for the victory, his first LIV title. The Torque GC team of Pereira, David Puig, Joaquin Niemann and Sebastian Munoz won the team title.

LIV Golf Bedminster is next week.

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5 sleeper picks for the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool

Can someone shock the golf world this week at Hoylake?

The world of golf has returned to Hoylake for the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. Nine years ago, Rory McIlroy outlasted Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia on his way to becoming the 2014 Champion Golfer of the Year at this very venue.

McIlroy, who won the Genesis Scottish Open last week, was chased down by Cam Smith last season at St. Andrews and eventually finished third.

Smith was admittedly emotional when he returned the Claret Jug this week, but he sounds extremely motivated to get it back.

Although some of the top players in the world are playing their best golf at the moment, that doesn’t mean Sunday will be without a Cinderella story.

Open Championship 2023: Leaderboard, scores, news, tee times, more

Here are five sleeper picks for the 2023 Open at Royal Liverpool.

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There are 16 LIV golfers at 2023 British Open. Is this the last time we care?

Perhaps the 2023 Open will be the final time there will be a clear distinction between two sets of competitors.

Perhaps the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool will be the final time there will be a clear distinction between two sets of competitors: those who are in the LIV Golf League and those who are not.

There will be 16 members of LIV Golf in the field this week when the Open begins on Thursday. That’s nearly one-quarter of the entire LIV Golf membership and barring any withdrawals, will tie for the second-most LIV players in one of the four major championships this year.

There were 18 LIV players who qualified for the Masters but two withdrew, Kevin Na and Louis Oosthuizen. The PGA Championship had 17 LIV players and the U.S. Open had 15.

Leading the LIV pack will be four past champions, defending champion Cameron Smith, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen and Henrik Stenson.

Friday update: To read about the LIV golfers who made the cut at Royal Liverpool, click here.

By the time the 2024 Masters hits the calendar, it’s hopeful that the tentative peace and pending agreement between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (which bankrolls LIV) will have been finalized and its players allowed back on the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour.

Open Championship 2023: Leaderboard, scores, news, tee times, more

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Until then, LIV players are still barred from playing on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour and have only been able to play on the same course with them in the majors.

Here are the LIV players who qualified for the Open Championship: