{"id":435221,"date":"2025-06-13T20:29:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=435221"},"modified":"2025-06-13T20:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:29:57","slug":"bryson-dechambeau-admits-oakmont-got-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/bryson-dechambeau-admits-oakmont-got-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson DeChambeau admits Oakmont \u201cGot Me\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryson DeChambeau left the U.S. Open’s<\/a> first round terribly disappointed with his own performance after a forgettable showing. The 31-year-old admitted that the golf course got him as he began his title defense on a difficult note.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau Admits First Round Struggles<\/h2>\n

DeChambeau won the U.S. Open last year but was among several top-ranked golfers who had a difficult start at Oakmont on Thursday. The American defeated Rory McIlroy in an incredible battle at Pinehurst to win his second major title, but DeChambeau is in danger of missing the cut this time after struggling through 18 holes at Oakmont. He was involved in a peculiar incident early in the first round as he was called out by a rules official.<\/p>\n

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Jun 12, 2025; Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA; Bryson DeChambeau lines up a putt on the 16th green during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 31-year-old was one of the players in the morning wave and put on a decent show at the start, considering the bruising challenge the field faced. However, he signed for a 3-over 73, leaving him seven shots behind early pacesetter JJ Spaun, who carded a flawless 66. Unlike Rory McIlroy, who decided not to speak to the media after his first round, the LIV Golf star spoke to the media despite being just a single stroke better than his rival at the first round of the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

Putting Woes and Oakmont\u2019s Challenge<\/h2>\n

DeChambeau admitted he struggled with the rough at Oakmont Country Club<\/a> after missing the mark with both his trademark driving and putting. \u201cJust didn’t get anything out of it,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cI kept it 1-under through 7, through 8, perfect drive on 9, and this golf course can come up and get you pretty quick, and you’ve just got to be on your game, and it got me, and I wasn’t fully on my game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep Reading: \u201cMaybe the Toughest Course We Play\u201d: Oakmont\u2019s Harsh Reality<\/a><\/p>\n

The defending champion said he felt disappointed with his performance but added that he wasn\u2019t far off. \u201cPretty disappointed with how I played. It’s not too far off. Just got to get the putting a little bit more dialed, and I’ll be right there because 3-over could have easily been 2-under today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor whatever reason, just couldn’t get the speed of the greens dialed in,\u201d he said concerning his puttin<\/a>g. \u201cI was in the collar a couple times, just three-putted on those holes, and three three-putts and doing whatever happened on 12, then No. 9, three-putting there, too. I mean, it could have been a couple-under round pretty easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeChambeau Confident Ahead of Second Round<\/h2>\n

Despite posting five bogeys in his first round, DeChambeau remains confident going into the second round and believes he has a good chance of making the cut. The 31-year-old also thinks that 3-over could still be the winning score come Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

“If it doesn’t rain on Saturday then there is probably a decent chance,” he said. \u201cBut I’m looking to shoot under par [tomorrow] and give myself a better chance going into this weekend\u2026 It was tough. It was a brutal test of golf. But one that I’m excited for tomorrow. If I just tidy up a couple of things and get some momentum going my way, we’ll see where it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bryson DeChambeau left the U.S. Open’s first round terribly disappointed with his own performance after a forgettable showing. The 31-year-old admitted that the golf course got him as he began his title defense on a difficult note. DeChambeau Admits First Round Struggles DeChambeau won the U.S. Open last year but was among several top-ranked golfers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":435224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[121,34,63],"class_list":["post-435221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-pga","tag-bryson-dechambeau","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-u-s-open"],"modified_by":"Ajayi Segun","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435226,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435221\/revisions\/435226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}