WATCH: Bryson DeChambeau Damages Green And Bunker

The Golfing Scientist was caught on camera damaging a green and smashing his club into a bunker

Bryson DeChambeau Damages Green And Bunker
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The Golfing Scientist was caught on camera damaging a green and smashing his club into a bunker

WATCH: Bryson DeChambeau Damages Green And Bunker

Bryson DeChambeau has come under fire on social media after a video of him smashing his putter into a green at the WGC-Mexico Championship was viewed over 200,000 times on social media.

It was picked up on a Sky Sports broadcast from Chapultepec Golf Club with DeChambeau in the background walking up to the green.

He got given his putter by his caddie and immediately smashed his flatstick into the putting surface before repairing the mark.

A tweet from @IAndyHwk mentions that it is on a practice green which makes the incident seem very strange.

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Lee Westwood joked on Twitter that the putter smash might be one of DeChambeau's scientific methods of repairing a pitch mark.

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DeChambeau apologised today on Twitter, writing "I want to apologize to my fans, fellow players and the staff at Chapultepec for my actions following the round yesterday. I am an extremely passionate player and I am always working on ways to be better.

"I am certainly not perfect but I respect the grounds staff and the game of golf and am focused on working harder on this just like I do on my golf game."

The Golfing Scientist's actions may not be dissimilar to what Sergio Garcia did on the 6th hole during the Saudi International where he was disqualified.

The difference in this case is that Garcia also damaged many more greens by dragging his shoe across them.

Related: Garcia says he received emotional personal news before Saudi DQ for serious misconduct

Also similarly with Sergio Garcia, who was seen smashing a bunker in frustration, DeChambeau was filmed taking his frustration out on the sand too.

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This happened at last week's Genesis Open at Riviera where Bryson hacked a chunk of turf out of a bunker lip:

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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