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‘A Potential Vulnerability’: Bryson DeChambeau Once Strongly Reasoned Why Negative Emotions and Meltdowns Should Not Be Extensively Telecasted on Broadcast

Published 06/22/2022, 2:00 PM EDT

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American professional golfer Bryson “James Aldrich” DeChambeau is a fairly well-known name in the golf community globally. The eight-time PGA Tour winner also has a U.S. Open victory under his name. The golfer also recently joined the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a rival to the former PGA Tour.

Times have shown that golf is not an easy sport. The game requires a lot of focus and practice, and when despite all the dedication a player faces failure, it is natural to feel emotional about the same.

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A similar incident happened during the PGA Tour 2020 when DeChambeau hit a bad shot in his round. As a sign of frustration, the golfer threw his club in the air, but his reaction was filmed by a cameraman on the course. The golfer was not happy about the cameraman overly filming the golfer and his reaction to the wrong shot.

Heated up, Bryson DeChambeau walks up to the cameraman

The golfer was immediately seen talking to the cameraman about the same where he said to the cameraman, ‘Sir, what is the need to watch me that long?’ 

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Dechambeau also justified this reaction in his conversation with the reporters and said, “I understand it’s his job to video me, but at the same point, I think we need to start protecting our players out here compared to showing a potential vulnerability and hurting someone’s image. I just don’t think that’s necessarily the right thing to do.”

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The player was not wrong when he said that these moments of frustration can lead to a bad effect on the image of any golfer. He also gave an example of golf legend Tiger Woods and said if a cameraman catches the 15-time major champion in a bad moment, it would lead to Woods being hurt about being caught on camera at the wrong time.

DeChambeau says he cares about the game

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Dechambeau further explained on behalf of all golfers that the frustration is just a reaction to a bad shot and nothing else. They practice a lot for every event they play in, and when things go wrong, it is nothing but natural to react in a certain way. He said, “We don’t mean anything by it; we just care a lot about the game. For that to damage our brand like that, that’s not cool…”

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A lot of players get emotional on the field when they miss the hole. Golfers are as human as we are, and it feels like the DeChambeau was right about telling the Tour to monitor the rights of their cameramen.

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Written by:

Joydeep Singh

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