Bryson DeChambeau drills patron with tee shot, can't escape bunker in rough first round of the Masters

Bryson DeChambeau had a tumultuous archetypal circular of the Masters.

DeChambeau, 32, who changeable 4 implicit par connected the day, deed a patron with a tee changeable connected the sixth spread earlier aboriginal struggling to get retired of a bunker connected the 11th hole, hitting retired of the soil 3 times earlier escaping the trap.

On the 180-yard, par 3, DeChambeau pulled his tee changeable toward the near and deed a patron successful the leg. The shot bounced backmost toward the spread and ended up settling disconnected the green.

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Bryson DeChambeau watches his tee changeable connected the 12th spread during the archetypal circular of the Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Ga., April 9, 2026. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)

DeChambeau covered his rima with his manus erstwhile helium saw the shot onslaught the patron. When helium walked toward the green, helium recovered the patron, gave him a play shot and shook his hand.

DeChambeau, who was adjacent par astatine the time, made an outstanding recovery, chipping the shot to 3 feet from the spread contempt being 24 yards retired and yet saved par by making the ensuing putt.

The Clovis, California, native, remained astatine adjacent par until the 11th hole, erstwhile helium had trouble escaping a greenside bunker.

DeChambeau’s 2nd changeable was from the fairway, hitting down toward a greenish that was flanked by a pond and a bunker. DeChambeau stayed acold distant from the pond, and his shot ended up rolling successful the bunker.

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Bryson DeChambeau hits from the bunker connected the 11th spread during the archetypal circular of the Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Ga., April 9, 2026. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)

The LIV Golf prima deed his archetypal bunker changeable conscionable 3 yards, not adjacent nearing the articulator of the bunker. His 2nd bunker changeable went nowhere, and helium appeared to wholly miss the ball.

DeChambeau yet escaped the bunker connected his 3rd attempt, hitting the shot conscionable implicit the ledge of the soil trap earlier letting it rotation astir 15 feet away. He ended up two-putting for triple bogey, bringing him to 3 implicit par for the day.

His struggles continued connected the 16th hole, erstwhile helium three-putted for bogey to bring him to 4 implicit par connected the day. DeChambeau erased the changeable gained with a birdie connected the 17th spread aft a large robust changeable from the unsmooth near him 8 feet from the hole.

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Bryson DeChambeau hits his tee changeable connected the 12th spread during the archetypal circular of the Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Ga., April 9, 2026. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)

However, DeChambeau bogeyed the 18th hole, finishing with a 4-over 76 for the day.

For DeChambeau, his commencement to the Masters was akin to past year's, erstwhile helium changeable an opening-round 73. DeChambeau rallied successful the 2nd and 3rd rounds, and helium entered the last circular successful the last pairing with Rory McIlroy earlier shooting a 75 connected Sunday to extremity successful a necktie for 5th place.

DeChambeau volition look to crook things astir Friday, erstwhile helium tees disconnected astatine 1:20 p.m. ET.

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