Bryson DeChambeau of Crushers GC strains up a putt in the course of the ultimate spherical of the LIV Golf Match at The Grove Sunday, June 23, 2024 in Faculty Grove. Bryson DeChambeau mentioned he discovered extra from lacking the reduce at The Open Championship than he did on the season’s first three majors.
The Crushers GC captain, who received the U.S. Open and completed second on the PGA Championship, spoke to reporters Thursday on the eve of the LIV Golf United Kingdom occasion at JCB Golf and Nation Membership in Rocester, England.
“Taking part in extra of American-style golf, even at Augusta (the place he completed T6 this 12 months), I’ve performed there sufficient, and I understand how to play these forms of golf programs for essentially the most half. All the time can get higher in small areas,” he mentioned.
“However The Open Championship has all the time been form of a special one for me. I’ve performed effectively in sunny, dry, regular situations there, however when it will get actually moist and windy and nasty, I’ve all the time struggled.”
DeChambeau shot 76-75 at Royal Troon to complete at 9-over par. His greatest end at The Open was a T8 in 2022.
“Final week simply felt like I broke the seal a bit in that second spherical,” he mentioned. “Although I did not play that nice, I felt like I may management the golf ball for the primary time in these forms of situations, and that was an enormous second for me to go, OK, I believe I can do that if I simply work just a little bit more durable main into this event in these situations.”
With the grand slam season over, DeChambeau returns his focus to the LIV circuit, the place his greatest particular person end this 12 months was a T3 at Nashville final month.
DeChambeau, 30, enters the UK occasion ranked ninth within the particular person standings, however his Crushers GC workforce holds a sizeable lead over Legion XIII within the workforce competitors. He’s taking part in with England’s Paul Casey, India’s Anirban Lahiri and John Catlin, who has been filling in for the injured Charles Howell III.
“I really feel like we have performed effectively all 12 months,” DeChambeau mentioned. “We had just a little little bit of a lull center of the season, and we have began to select it again up, and I really feel like our video games are all peaking and trending, transferring on the proper tempo and preparing for that workforce championship in Dallas. That is what we’re all excited for.”
DeChambeau was requested for his ideas on Tiger Woods, who additionally missed the reduce at The Open, after some had advised it was time for the 15-time main winner to think about retiring.
“He is most likely essentially the most influential determine within the recreation of golf,” DeChambeau mentioned. “He’s essentially the most influential determine within the recreation of golf proper now, and I believe he deserves to play within the majors. He is finished greater than sufficient for this nice recreation, and he continues to provide again by taking part in in these tournaments and attempting to win. He desires to win. He is a competitor.
“… I believe he can do it nonetheless. He will have a troublesome street to beat us children, however he is received that grit and fireplace in him that he isn’t going to cease till he will get it finished. I would not put it previous him.”
The topic of DeChambeau’s viral video taking part in golf with former President Donald J. Trump additionally got here up.
“It is an honor to play with anyone of that sort of affect, irrespective of who it’s on any political aspect,” DeChambeau mentioned of taking part in with the Republican nominee within the 2024 presidential race.
He mentioned his folks have prolonged invites to the Democrats to provide related content material.
“Whether or not it is (former President Barack) Obama or anybody else on that aspect, I am greater than prepared to play with them,” DeChambeau mentioned. “I’ve no points in anyway. That is the factor about golf is that the extra we are able to make the most of golf to convey everybody collectively in a cool method, I believe that is the imaginative and prescient of the worldwide recreation of golf.”
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