Bryson Chambeau hit the bombs but Matt Wolff had a few of his own and he out-birdied Chambeau and everyone else on July Fourth Moving Day at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
It was a splendid effort for the 21-year-old, who hasn’t had a top 10 on the PGA Tour since his win last year at the 3M. He had all the right moves on Saturday at Detroit Country Club with a card that featured seven birdies and an eagle on his way to a second straight 54 that got him to 19-under par and three-better than his closest competitors.
One of those competitors was Chambeau, who was launching drives of 363 on the first hole, 371 at the 13th and 361 at 14. By day’s end, however, his 67 left him tied at 16-under with Ryan Armour. Armour posted his round first and will play in the final pairing with Wolff on Sunday. DeChambeau will be in the next-to-last group with Troy Merritt.
Wolf looked good all day and was trying to play with a care-free attitude. “I tell myself not to care,” Wolff explained. “What happens, happens. It takes the pressure off all these shots and it seems to be working out pretty well.”
Wolff noted that he missed the cut at this event last year then won the next week at the 3M. “I feel like I’ve improved every part of my game,” he said.
As for DeChambeau, with his added bulk and foot-twisting drives, he was often 100 yards or more ahead of playing partner Mark Hubbard. “My driving is getting better each and every day,” DeChambeau said. “I found some ball striking stuff today.” He hit 14 of 17 greens, 10 of 14 fairways and had 29 putts for his round.
“I just gotta close,” DeChambeau said. He’s has been the tour’s best performer over the first four events on the re-start.
3 Comments
baxter cepeda
Quite a contrast between these 2 and Armour.
The Grizzly vet is his own story.
But the wolf is going around telling himself he doesn’t care while Bryson is beating up bunkers, verbally abusing cameramen doing their job.
Wolf swings like an athletic kid while Bryson swings like a computer; an angry computer.
Bryson needs to be very careful here. Amanda compared Bryson to Rahm in their interview Saturday. Bryson should take that as a warning. Rahm is ok but his like ability has suffered with his antics. Bryson seems more concerned about his brand than anyone. He should realize it’s his job to preserve his image, not the tour or some cameraman.
This is why people love rickie Fowler even when he is struggling. He gets it.
It seems the bigger Bryson gets the less he gets it.
Passion is fine, but it doesn’t excuse bad behavior. If Bryson wants people to enjoy his Ws with him moving forward, he has a lot of stuff to learn which trackman or sky caddie or whatever tech will not provide.
Tom Edrington
Didn’t like Bryson’s behavior at all, but he won and it will quickly be forgotten…
baxter cepeda
Hmm I don’t know about that. His antics are adding up. Seems like he is good for some brat behavior at least once a year.
Whining on the range, complaining about people complaining about his snail pace, it goes on and on.
Unless he changes people will montage these things to show the Kinda guy Bryson can be.