LIV GOLF SOUTH AFRICA

March 20, 2026

Bryson DeChambeau

The Club at Steyn City

Crushers GC

TV Quick Quotes

Q. Bryson, you give these fans a thrill with the way you play golf and watching you play, but today did it feel like a roller coaster to you?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Absolutely. I was way too stressed out there for my own play. I felt like I was hitting it pretty well. 10 was a great hole; 11, hit it in there seven feet. Putt broke just an astronomical amount and missed that one. Didn't hit too bad of a tee shot, was trying to hit it over that left bunker and the wind pumped and got into a bad lie and hit it long and made a mess of that hole, and just felt like I was holding for dear life from then on in.

16 I just gathered myself. I hit a great drive and then said, this is another one of those wedge shots. Hit it pretty good in there and made nice putt. Got me back on the train.

Then 17, I don't know what the heck happened. Yeah, that was weird. But whatever. I made par. Then I made a nice two-putt for birdie on the last to finish off and to hold strong and felt like it could have been a 9-, 10-under round today with the way it started.

But that's golf. It's not easy, especially when the wind is whipping out here like this and you're at elevation and you don't know how things are kind of moving. I'm proud of the way I handled myself.

Q. Do you start thinking about what a special round it could be after that start, 5-under through 5?

BRYSON DeCHAMBEAU: Are you kidding me? Why wouldn't I? I was 5-under through 5. I was thinking about what I did at Greenbrier, and I was feeling really good, too, and 6 happened. I hit a great shot, and it just trickled off to the right and didn't go as far as I thought and made bogey. It's like, oh, made birdie on the next, and just kind of was an up-and-down round today, but overall really proud of the way I finished, and two more days of golf. A lot of golf left.