US Open: Bryson DeChambeau snaps back at heckler timing him over slow play

Bryson DeChambeau was bothered by a fan who timed him about slow play at the US Open, as footage from the tournament shows the LIV Golf rebel berating the heckler for his antics.

DeChambeau, 29, stepped straight onto the tee box on the final round from Los Angeles on Sunday, according to a video shared by Golf Digest on social media, as the interaction unfolded.

“Are you still timing because they just walked off the green buddy,” the golfer told the fan, who did not show himself in the footage circulating on Twitter.

‘You’re still timing? Okay thanks.’

DeChambeau, who once won the US Open in 2020 – his only major championship win – eventually finished tied for 20th in one-over by the end of this year’s edition of the tournament.

“Here’s Bryson DeChambeau chirping at a guy who timed him at the US Open this weekend,” reporter Christopher Powers wrote while sharing the clip. “Sounds like he has *gulp* in his right?

“I like the ‘k’, thank you.” Delivery on point.’

Slow play has been a hot topic in golf since April, when Brooks Koepka was irate by the Masters’ “brutally slow” pace in a farewell shot at Patrick Cantlay. In Georgia, Koepka finished second behind Spaniard Jon Rahm.

DeChambeau – number 89 in the golf world – didn’t take his A-Game to the LA Country Club, which hosted this year’s US Open, because he barely made it to a final round 74.

What’s more, DeChambeau was booed by fans at the PGA Championship in May, where he finished in fourth place three shots under par. Last week’s incident isn’t the first time the golfer has collided with spectators on a golf course.

In 2020, DeChambeau confronted a cameraman he believed was too close to him at the Rocket Mortgage Championship. He was also annoyed by a fan chirping “great job Brooksie” after the 2021 BMW Championship, referring to his former feud with Koepka.

In 2019, at the Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico, DeChambeau was caught throwing a fit of rage on camera when he snatched his putter from his caddy and immediately slammed it into the edge of the green.

After defecting to LIV Golf last year for a deal reportedly worth $125 million, “The Scientist” – DeChambeau’s nickname for the American’s analytical and scientific approach to the sport – is one of the leading advocates for reconciliation amid the controversial merger between PGA and LIV Golf. .

‘I don’t know exactly what [9/11 families] to feel. I can never know what they feel, but I have tremendous respect for their position and what they believe. I don’t want anything like this ever to happen again,” he told CNN earlier in June.

“I think as we move forward, we need to look at the road to peace, especially in forgiveness, especially as we try to improve the world and make it a better place.”