Bryson DeChambeau mocks R&A, USGA with TikTok video over 'atrocious' plans
LIV Golf League player Bryson DeChambeau blasted the proposals to rollback the golf ball, mocking the R&A and USGA with a TikTok video.
You can count Bryson DeChambeau as not a huge fan of the proposals to rollback the golf ball in 'elite competition' from 2026.
The announcement from the R&A and USGA has been met as you would expect: a mixed reaction.
Titleist were the first to fiercely criticise the model local rule which would limit the distance of how far the golf ball can travel in elite competition.
The chief executives of the two major governing bodies, Martin Slumbers and Mike Whan, outlined the plans yesterday.
Slumbers said:
DeChambeau memorably claimed his maiden major at the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot.
Not only did he bully the competition, he bullied the golf course.
He won by six shots and his victory marked the culmination of a full-body transformation where he bulked up and was unleashing simply monstrous drives.
DeChambeau has since admitted his weight gain was a huge mistake.
At the 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational, DeChambeau memorably drove the lake on No. 6 at Bay Hill.
The move will reduce the length of tee shots by about 15 yards.
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Understandably, he's not a fan. He even went so far as to describe the ideas put forward as 'atrocious'.
He even mocked them with a TikTok video.
DeChambeau, 29, told LIV Golf's Mike McAllister:
See the video here:
Brysons troll game pic.twitter.com/CYkinJhooc
— DrunkByTheTurn (@DrunkByTheTurn_) March 14, 2023
DeChambeau added:
DeChambeau will be back in action with his Crushers GC at The Gallery Golf Club in Tucson over 17-19 March.
They won the team element of the LIV Golf League's first event of 2023. Charles Howell III won the individual competition.
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These days, he assumes the position of content manager.
