Bryson DeChambeau has enjoyed an excellent week at The Masters, no matter what. ‘The Scientist’ is the leading LIV Golf League player heading into Sunday at Augusta National and was the solo first-round leader thanks to a sublime 65 on Thursday.
Yet, he begins the final day of action four strokes back of Scottie Scheffler after a frustrating time on the greens during his third round. It could have been even worse, too, save for an outstanding hole-out birdie from the fairway on 18.
DeChambeau hit 30 putts across his penultimate 18 holes this week – three-putting on a hat-trick of occasions and making his quest for a first Green Jacket all the tougher.
Speaking after his round of 75, the 30-year-old detailed his struggles on the greens and joked that finishing a hole off with an iron was a simpler prospect for him at the time.
DeChambeau said: “I hung in there. Missed wedge shot on 9; great birdie on 10; three-putt 11; two-putt 12; three-putt 13; make a birdie on 14; get a pretty horrific break on 15, and then dropped it and just nestled down, and I had nothing. 16, three-putt; 17, almost three-putt; 18 hole I just figured was easier than putting, jokingly obviously.”
Bryson DeChambeau waves to the crowd after holing out on 18
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Part of the skill behind doing well at Augusta is being able to read greens with only your senses as green books – which show a player the direction and degree of slopes on the putting surface and are commonplace on most professional tours – are banned at The Masters.
DeChambeau was statistically the second-worst putter in the top-10 during round three, ahead of only Tommy Fleetwood who made 31 putts but only three-putted once.
And without the helpful book aid in his back pocket, DeChambeau admitted he was going to have to find another way to sort his short game out.
He said: “Yeah, I’m going to look back on this one and try to figure out how to putt well, putt better on these greens and control the speed a little bit more.
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“I haven’t been able to use the foresight on the putting green, which is another variable that gets thrown in, which is totally fine. I’ve got to be able to conquer it. Nobody else is doing it, and they’re able to putt just fine. I’ve got to learn.
“Just like the greens books. We’re not able…
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