DUBLIN, Ohio– Bryson DeChambeau had his worst-ever score on a hole when he had a quintuple-bogey 10 on the par-5 15th hole during the second round of the Memorial Tournament on Friday.
To make matters worse, the score took DeChambeau from safely inside the cut line to missing out on the weekend at Muirfield Village.
DeChambeau, who has consistently made headlines of late with his ability to drive the ball more than 400 yards, struck his tee shot into the creek left of the fairway. Instead of poke the ball back into play from the rough, DeChambeau, who was still 289 lawns from the pin, attempted to use his 3-wood.
DeChambeau, who was about to strike his 8th shot, then found his 3rd shot up against a metal boundary fence. DeChambeau had never published a score even worse than an 8 on a PGA Tour hole prior to Thursdays quintuple bogey. He finished with a birdie on his final hole, however the damage had currently been done and he finished his Memorial run with rounds of 73-76.
Bad choice, as that shot flew out of bounds.
DeChambeau then hit a provisional ball simply in case he was able to discover the previous shot. That ball, too, went out of bounds.
He lastly had success in keeping the ball in bounds with his 3-wood at his fourth crack at it, however the ball settled in the thick rough brief of the creek– still 40 lawns from the hole.
DeChambeau, who was about to strike his eighth shot, then found his 3rd shot up against a metal boundary fence. He tried to plead his case to a guidelines official that the ball was still in play. The guidelines authorities, nevertheless, identified that the ball ran out play.
Plainly annoyed at the ruling, DeChambeau got that ball and after that struck shot No. 8 onto the green. He 2 putted to card a 10.
DeChambeau had actually never ever published a rating even worse than an 8 on a PGA Tour hole prior to Thursdays quintuple bogey. The 10 dropped him from 1 over for the tournament to 6 over. He completed with a birdie on his last hole, but the damage had currently been done and he completed his Memorial run with rounds of 73-76. He left without making a comment.
