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After a unsmooth first information astatine Augusta National connected Thursday, Bryson DeChambeau did not look excessively pleased erstwhile he was asked astir his 3D-printed 5-iron.
The two-time U.S. Open champion had an eventful first information astatine nan Masters, hitting a patron pinch a tee shot connected nan sixth spread earlier taking 3 abstracted bunker shots connected nan 11th.
After nan round, he had to look nan media, wherever he was asked astir nan process of making his typical nine different than nan driver.
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Bryson DeChambeau reacts to his tee changeable connected nan 12th spread during nan first information of nan Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 9, 2026. (Grace Smith-Imagn Images)
DeChambeau said it's astir a "day-and-a-half" process to make a club, truthful erstwhile he was asked if he "would want to" spell done nan process of making different one, it was a difficult no.
"Pfft, no. It has to beryllium USGA-conforming. There's a full process you person to spell through," he said.
It’s a nine he built himself.
"There's this quality that I person astir myself wherever invention is simply a wont of mine, and I really find and return pridefulness successful that expertise to study — moreover done failure, moreover done making a bad determination aliases a bully determination — what I tin get from that," he told ESPN.
Bryson DeChambeau hits his tee changeable connected nan 12th spread during nan first information of nan Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 9, 2026. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
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"We'll spot wherever it goes. We'll spot wherever it takes me. All I could opportunity now is, if I don't put them successful nan bag, it's my responsibility now."
DeChambeau said aft nan information that he only utilized nan nine erstwhile connected Thursday.
Last year, DeChambeau was successful nan last group of nan Masters alongside eventual victor Rory McIlroy. The 2 were paired together to extremity nan anterior year's U.S. Open arsenic well, which DeChambeau won astatine nan hands of bad putting by McIlroy and a forever-remembered up-and-down by DeChambeau from nan bunker connected 18 astatine Pinehurst No. 2.
But he could not find akin occurrence connected Thursday aft shooting a 4-over 76, putting himself successful threat of missing nan cut.
Bryson DeChambeau acknowledges patrons connected nan 17th greenish during nan first information of nan Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 9, 2026. (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)
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DeChambeau had nan second-best likelihood of winning nan tourney down only Scottie Scheffler.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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