THE 150TH OPEN

July 17, 2022

Bryson DeChambeau

Mixed Zone

Q. The last 36, you got a 66 and 67, which is equal to your best. How are you feeling about golf right now?

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU: It's better, for sure. I've had enough practise now to figure out my golf swing, I guess you could say post hand break. Hopefully as time keeps progressing, I'll keep figuring more out about my golf swing to make it even more consistent.

There were some times out there I hit a couple wayward drives. 17 yesterday, I wasn't very happy with. Today I went and stepped up on that left-to-right wind, very brutal for me, especially as a drawer of the ball. To stripe it up there in the middle of the fairway, knock it next to the hole and make birdie gave me feelings of old Bryson, which was nice to feel again.

Making birdie on the last, kind of finishing in the way I know how to do, it's going to give me a lot of confidence come play these next LIV events.

Q. So is it tempting for a big hitter like you with so many greens available that sometimes you're getting yourself in more danger than you could?

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU: Absolutely. This golf course is strategic. You have to be pinpoint accurate with certain hole locations depending on the lie, what conditions you're in. I'm glad I missed a lot of the bunkers this week.

There were times where the wind, you could easily hit a lot of greens, and I had to taper back a lot of the time.

Q. Do you feel healthy to play the next event?

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU: Yeah, I'm definitely moving in the right direction. Again, four-day tournament, major championship round is something I haven't really been used to. I mean, I played the U.S. Open obviously, but I need obviously some more reps in the gym working some more cardio stuff because I just don't have the endurance right now.

As time gets going and my endurance gets better playing these next few LIV events, I'll be back to fully healthy soon.

Q. Did you get a chance when you were dealing with the rehab to work as much on your short game as you normally would?

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU: I probably worked on it a little bit more than I would. Again, going back to this course, this week, I struggled with putting this week really badly, which is kind of unfortunate.

If I would have putted better, I'd have given myself a better chance. Three-putted three times today, I had a four-putt. I think three-putted like six or seven times. I had a four-putt. That adds up right then and there.

It was all about lag putting. I knew it. I couldn't get the ball rolling the way I wanted to. That comes back to not having enough reps over here, I guess. From short game perspective, I have been working hard on it. I feel like my wedge game is in a really good place. And my ball striking is finally getting to get there.

Q. Knowing that you would need more reps just because of the different kind of conditions you're playing with, would you change your schedule next year to try to add some reps here?

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU: Yeah, if it makes sense, definitely. I want to test the putting aspect of it. We worked on wind numbers last week in Ireland over at Doonbeg and we seem to get some really good work in there. It helped us this week obviously, but the putting, I didn't think I'd be putting that bad this week. I should have studied a little bit more of how to launch the ball better on these greens.

Q. Bryson, you've been involved with design and research with Bridgestone. Are you going to keep in this direction?

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU: Yeah, definitely. I'll keep doing it with Bridgestone. If they want the input, I'll continue to give them input, no doubt.