PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – After winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday, Bryson DeChambeau was asked if he had any plans to take a different approach with his duration at this week’s Player Championship, such as he did by striking the pilot over the lake. at the sixth hole par-5 of Bay Hill.
“I thought sometimes on the 18th we would go left until 9,” DeChambeau said, referring to avoiding the lake that embraces the left side of the narrow track 18. “It just gives you a better shot at green, where you can hit it a little and you’ll always be fine. The cover is like 310 [yards], but we’ll see. I will see all the options if there is an advantage. But if not, I’ll just play 4 plates on the street and hopefully an 8 or 7 iron on the green. “
On Tuesday morning, DeChambeau said he planned to “probably try it, but it probably won’t happen.”
On Tuesday afternoon, the PGA Tour issued a statement with a newly crafted local rule prohibiting players from hitting the ninth hole of the 18th tea.
“In the interest of the safety of spectators, volunteers and other staff members, the Players’ Championship Rules Committee has installed an out-of-bounds on the left bank of the lake to play in hole 18. There have been similar cases outside the internal limits for security reasons Open Championship (hole 9) in 2017, Sony Open 2021 in Hawaii (hole 13 and hole 18) and, more recently, Arnold Palmer Invitational 2021 presented by Mastercard (hole 6) “.
With DeChambeau almost certain not to try this shot in competition, the whole exchange was quite fun.
After his victory on Sunday, when asked about tournaments that tried to change his course in the way they used to “resist the tiger” to fight the duration of Tiger Woods, DeChambeau said, “I don’t think I can try Bryson a golf course “.
However, there is a Bryson standard in effect this week.