Just how did the “Mass-ematician” count up 10 strokes in one hole? After a drop, DeChambeau had 289 lawns decided and left to strike 3-wood from the rough. The shot didnt draw, and appeared to cruise out of bounds and into someones lawn. DeChambeau struck a provisionary from the exact same spot with a similar outcome, but even more.
Bryson DeChambeau has invested months including weight and range, but on Friday at the Memorial Tournament it was his scorecard that did a little bulking up.
It took simply one hole, too.
A few ill-advised swings by DeChambeau resulted in a quintuple-bogey 10 at Muirfield Villages par-5 15th hole, a score that dropped the red-hot DeChambeau to 6 over and a couple of holes later on proved the deciding aspect in DeChambeau snapping his top-10 streak at 7 events and missing his first cut on the PGA Tour because the fall opener at Greenbrier.
So, simply how did the “Mass-ematician” count up 10 strokes in one hole? It started with an errant drive that found the creek left of the fairway. After a drop, DeChambeau had 289 lawns opted and left to hit 3-wood from the rough. The shot didnt draw, and appeared to cruise out of bounds and into someones lawn. DeChambeau hit a provisionary from the very same spot with a similar result, but even more.
His 3rd lash with 3-wood ended up in bounds, though in thick rough simply prior to another creek about 40 backyards from the hole.
Before potentially playing his eighth shot, DeChambeau inspected on his 3rd shot. He found his ball resting versus a metal border fence.
Insistent his ball was in bounds, DeChambeau asked a rules official, who told him otherwise.
” I do not think that,” DeChambeau responded. ” Can I get a 2nd opinion, please?”
He likewise murmured to himself: “Theyre offering me a garbage ruling like typical.”
A 2nd rules authorities likewise deemed the ball out of bounds, though DeChambeau lobbied hard, even raising Phil Mickelsons shot from against a mesh fence at Bay Hill last March.
” From my viewpoint, that would be technically still in,” DeChambeau said. “I was questioning if I could hop the fence and hit it?”
Ultimately, DeChambeau scooped up his ball in disgust and hit shot No. 8 onto the green. Two putts later on he signed for a 10.
While he did close with birdie the par-4 completing hole, it wasnt enough to keep DeChambeau from carding his worst score, a 4-over 76, considering that the third round of last falls Safeway Open, where he likewise shot 76. DeChambeaus 73-76 week at Memorial likewise marked the very first time hes fired consecutive over-par rounds since Friday and Saturday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis practically a year earlier.
The completing birdie also couldnt coax DeChambeau into talking after his round. He decreased two interview requests and headed straight to the locker room.
