LIV GOLF SINGAPORE

March 12, 2026

Bryson DeChambeau

Sentosa Golf Club

Crushers GC

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: Let's welcome to the media center Bryson DeChambeau, captain of Crushers GC, 4-under 67, currently tied for the lead. How did you feel out there today and how pleased are you with that performance given the conditions?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Yeah, the conditions were incredibly tricky. I certainly was frustrated all day, barring the end. Played well coming in. Hit some nicely struck shots the way I know how to do it.

I've really just been trying to get back to my 58 form when I shot 58 at Greenbrier. Been focused on that, and things just haven't quite lined up yet. So I was pretty nervous out there on some of the tee shots and took them with stride and hit a couple fairways.

But I really want to be more comfortable out there on the golf course because the putting was great. I got up-and-down numerous times from some tricky situations, and proud of myself for that, and that's the way I know how to do that.

But it was quite difficult mentally out there.

Q. Bryson, how close are you to the 58 form?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: I have no idea. I wish I had a better clue. It may just pop up with one golf shot. I don't know. I'm one swing thought away from -- I'm really close, is what I'm saying. I'm close to figuring out what that exact thing is, but I have to dial in my irons a little bit more.

There are some shots where I felt like I hit good shots, and they just didn't go the right distance. When that golf swing lines up, I feel like I hit my numbers very well. Just need to work a little bit more on the golf swing, and I think our team is doing pretty well, too. Pumped to see us up there again where we should be up near the top of the leaderboard.

Q. Can you take us through the 5th, especially out of the two bunkers there?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Well, yeah. I pull-hooked my drive into the bunker, and it was sitting down just a little bit and I tried to get cute with it and pick it, and I just thinned it a little bit. Hit into the embankment, came out into the fairway. I hit a great 9-iron, 10:00 9-iron that did not go the distance. It got pumped by the wind, ended up going short in the bunker, and then the bunker was a little softer than I thought and came out dead. Luckily got that up-and-down for double, which is -- yeah, that was quite frustrating after starting off pretty nice, being 1-under through four, making a nice five-footer and feeling comfortable on the greens and pretty comfortable with my iron shots.

It jars the system, especially going into those holes like 6 and 7. Those are pretty difficult driving holes. It jarred the system quite a bit.

Q. In comparison to the previous years, is the golf course playing a little tougher?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: It's playing tougher because it's in better condition. This is the best I've seen it in the past few years being here. Greens are some of the fastest I've ever seen in my entire life, which I love. It's my favorite thing. I feel like I roll the ball really well on good greens and consequently made a lot of putts today, thankfully. The wind was flipping all over. By the time we got to 18 off of 1, it was in and off the right. It had fully switched to in and off the left on 18. It was just a tricky golf course today.

Q. You guys are playing four days this year, and you're used to playing four days in the past. Do you have to change your mind from three days to four days?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Yeah, I actually do. It's an interesting topic, for numerous reasons. I think both have their advantages and disadvantages, as well.

I think from my perspective, when we were playing three rounds, it was a sprint so you had to go for everything and have the best game possible, and if you made a bogey or double, you were putting yourself quite a bit behind the 8-ball. Now with it being four days, that doesn't matter as much.

It's just a different sort of mindset for a lot of people. For me, I still try to act like a sprint because I want to feel that way going into majors. I want to feel ready to go from hole one, and those three days help me get into that mindset, which is a benefit to me. But I'm still trying to keep that same mindset from the three-day tournaments last year. You have to full-court press and be conservative where you have to be conservative.

That's really helped me in majors in the past. But it is a different mindset for some people because you can hit a couple bad shots here and there and have one super low round and be right back in the mix of it. So it's definitely a different mindset.

I think in three days, each shot matters a little more, and four days it tests your overall resiliency.

It's just two different ways to play the game, I think, but the lowest score is going to win no matter what.

Q. Looking at the leaderboard, what's your approach for the next round to stay competitive?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Yeah, I think just staying upright out there. It's really hot out there. Staying competitive with that leaderboard. It's about hitting better iron shots, better drivers and making sure I'm on those uncomfortable holes comfortable. Getting over the tee shot, going, I know what I'm going to feel in my golf swing to get the ball to go right there. So that's really what I'm going to be focused on for the next few days.

Q. You mentioned there was some moments of frustration and it was a mentally difficult round today. What kind of helps you through that? You bounced back in the end, towards the end of the round?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Yeah, I think having a caddie that's a lot more level-headed than me helps, one; and two, it's giving yourself hope, like okay, I can make birdie on these few holes coming in or those couple holes coming in. That's about it. That's really all you can do in frustrating difficult situations.

Q. The last few years it feels like one of your biggest battles has been trying to find the equipment that can work for you and the spin control. New wedges in the bag this week, I think. How did they feel out there and is that kind of what you were looking for?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Yeah, I didn't really get to test it that well this week, or today, excuse me. I'm delirious. I'm a little tired right now.

But on 11, I hit it in the rough and I caught a jumper out of the left-hand rough. So I didn't really get to test the wedges, but they feel good. In practice they've felt great. It's going through the turf a lot better from the fairway.

I am trusting of that, and hopefully that new bounce that I'm using is going to be a benefit to me in softer conditions because that's really what I'm struggling with.

The same thing with my irons, too. I don't think I have enough bounce on my irons, and it's going through the turf differently which is making it spin differently and go different distances. That's potentially what it is.

Q. Fast golf courses you mentioned you like the best. What about Augusta National or Pinehurst and here, where you're playing your best golf when the surfaces are firm and fast?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: I actually slow down quite a bit during my actual golf swing and golf stroke. Putting stroke, as well. For some reason I feel like I'm able to see the putter a lot more because I'm moving the putter slower. On slower greens I'm hitting it a lot harder and sometimes they bounce a little bit, but these things are pure, and I can see a track a lot more in those scenarios.

For whatever reason, that's just what I like playing on.