‘I’m Sorry’: Bryson DeChambeau Gets Emotional as Quail Hollow Challenges His Driving Skills

For Bryson DeChambeau, his win at LIV Golf Korea was supposed to bring redemption to his game. After all, he not only won his first LIV Golf individual title since the 2023 LIV Golf Chicago but also boosted his LIV Golf earnings by a staggering $4 million. The result? With another $4 million in his bank account, his LIV earnings reached $38,255,822, surpassing his PGA Tour earnings of $35,270,287. An elated Bryson DeChambeau exclaimed after the win, “I feel like I’ve been playing some great golf, but I just haven’t gotten the job done.” Unfortunately for him, the latter part of the statement seems to have come true at the PGA Championship.

Bryson DeChambeau stayed in contention on the second day of the PGA Championship but could have performed better. The U.S. Open champion missed several scoring chances, especially on the 15th hole. The result? A heavily disappointed Bryson DeChambeau. Talking about his mistakes during the second round, DeChambeau said during a post-round interview, “Today, just on 9, I hit it down the left-hand side a little bit of a draw and it bounced into the rough. It was sitting up, and I just went under it a fraction and it hit the top of the face and came out dead. Really regret not just spending 10 more seconds to look at it and go, okay, I need to choke down a little bit on that second shot.”

Discussing what went wrong, DeChambeau counted his early round mistakes, including issues with approach shots and putting. On hole number 4, he pushed his shot slightly right, but the wind died down, which kept the ball in the front section of the green. He then made a birdie, boosting his round. On hole number 2, he felt confident after hitting what he thought was a perfect drive, but he aimed too far left, causing the ball to catch the trees and land in the pine straw. This put him in a tough spot as he had to find a way out of the rough.

When asked to think about “good breaks” during the second round, a disheartened DeChambeau replied, “I’m trying. I’m trying to think. There wasn’t really many today. I’m sorry. I wish I could say there was.”  However, more than one thing went wrong for the golfer during the second round. For instance, he birdied his first hole and stood at -1 as he approached the 578-yard Par 5 15th, where he hit a powerful drive, putting him ahead of Viktor Hovland and Gary Woodland. After driving 327 yards with 249 yards to the hole, he considered his approach shot and switched clubs after consulting with his caddie, Greg Bodine.

He struck the shot well but came up short at 235 yards, leaving a 50-foot, 6-inch eagle putt. Although he reached the green in two, he misjudged the weight of his putt, rolling 14 feet past the hole. He then misread his birdie attempt and faced a tricky 4-footer to save par. DeChambeau, who was driving well, hoped to gain a shot or two but was fortunate not to lose any strokes instead. However, just because Bryson DeChambeau is struggling on the greens doesn’t mean everything is going poorly for him.

Bryson DeChambeau is securing his legacy outside the golf course

For Bryson DeChambeau, who is always seeking to bring his best on and off the course, getting good at greens is as important as connecting it well with fans outside it. Ahead of the PGA Championship, the American said, “I want to do more than just the game of golf. I want to grow outside of the game of golf. I want to bring other golfers that have never seen the game of golf into golf.” Bryson DeChambeau gets that done by being the golf content creator the world knows him as. During the same interview, he said that YouTube has been a great platform for that purpose. Additionally, DeChambeau said he feels very blessed and fortunate to have partners at YouTube and Google now, and he is super excited to see what the future holds, as there is still a lot of room for growth.

Well, while we wait for that particular future that DeChambeau awaits, here’s what he is soon going to achieve outside the golf course. DeChambeau is nearing two million subscribers on YouTube and is steadily increasing his following by sharing a wealth of content across all his social media platforms, including TikTok and Instagram. The American launched his channel in 2021 and has actively promoted the sport of golf through fun challenges, such as his hole-in-one over his house, and other playful games with friends. Undoubtedly, the grind in and outside the course never ends for Bryson DeChambeau.